Victoria weather in May

In May, Victoria sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 202 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of May to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Victoria's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Victoria's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 202 mm; 13 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 8:48 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 9th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 2.11 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Victoria is settlement in Chile.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical May day in Victoria reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	14	6
8	14	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
11	14	6
12	13	6
13	13	6
14	13	6
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	12	5
20	12	5
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	11	5
30	11	5
31	11	5

How May really feels in Victoria

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Victoria weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 10°	31	4.3	0	14.4	8.2
Feb	23° / 10°	39	4	0	13.5	8.3
Mar	20° / 9°	54	5.6	0	12.3	7.4
Apr	16° / 7°	111	8.9	0	11	5.3
May	13° / 6°	202	13	0.2	10	3.3
Jun	10° / 4°	301	16.9	0.7	9.4	2.0
Jul	10° / 3°	237	15.8	1.6	9.6	1.9
Aug	11° / 4°	208	15.4	1.1	10.5	2.5
Sep	13° / 4°	124	11.8	0.2	11.7	3.5
Oct	15° / 6°	112	10.9	0.1	13	4.6
Nov	18° / 7°	72	8	0	14.1	6.0
Dec	20° / 9°	61	6.2	0	14.6	7.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	43	43	43	42	41	40	40	39	39	39	38	36	36	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	28	28	28
Cloudier (%)	57	57	57	58	59	60	60	61	61	61	62	64	64	65	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	72	72	72

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Victoria gets around 202 mm of rain and snow over 13 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 42% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	47	48	49	50	51	51	52	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	37
11	37
12	38
13	38
14	39
15	39
16	40
17	41
18	42
19	43
20	44
21	45
22	46
23	47
24	47
25	48
26	49
27	50
28	51
29	51
30	52
31	53

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of May to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:34 AM to 9:00 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:34 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	8:34	8:35	8:35	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:42	8:43	8:44	8:45	8:46	8:47	8:48	8:48	8:49	8:50	8:51	8:52	8:53	8:54	8:54	8:55	8:56	8:57	8:58	8:58	8:59	9:00
Sunset (PM)	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	8:34	6:59
2	10.4	8:35	6:58
3	10.4	8:35	6:57
4	10.3	8:36	6:56
5	10.3	8:37	6:55
6	10.3	8:38	6:54
7	10.2	8:39	6:53
8	10.2	8:40	6:51
9	10.2	8:41	6:50
10	10.1	8:42	6:49
11	10.1	8:43	6:48
12	10.1	8:44	6:47
13	10.0	8:45	6:46
14	10.0	8:46	6:45
15	10.0	8:47	6:45
16	9.9	8:48	6:44
17	9.9	8:48	6:43
18	9.9	8:49	6:42
19	9.8	8:50	6:41
20	9.8	8:51	6:40
21	9.8	8:52	6:40
22	9.8	8:53	6:39
23	9.7	8:54	6:38
24	9.7	8:54	6:37
25	9.7	8:55	6:37
26	9.7	8:56	6:36
27	9.6	8:57	6:36
28	9.6	8:58	6:35
29	9.6	8:58	6:35
30	9.6	8:59	6:34
31	9.6	9:00	6:34

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.49 kWh/m² to a high of 8 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 2.11 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.4	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.4	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.1	Moderate
16	2.1	Moderate
17	2.1	Moderate
18	2.0	Moderate
19	2.0	Moderate
20	2.0	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.9	Dim
23	1.9	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.8	Dim
26	1.8	Dim
27	1.8	Dim
28	1.8	Dim
29	1.8	Dim
30	1.7	Dim
31	1.7	Dim

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Victoria

In seasonPeak

In May, Victoria sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Victoria's rainy season runs May–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Victoria?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Victoria.

What to pack for Victoria in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Victoria sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Victoria in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Victoria peaks around December 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	11	8	5	2	2	2	3	5	8	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Victoria in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Victoria is worst in March — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	31	55	39	19	12	11	11	13	12	11	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	55	Unhealthy
Apr	39	Poor
May	19	Moderate
Jun	12	Moderate
Jul	11	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	12	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Victoria?

Victoria sits at 38.2°S, 72.3°W, 355 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Traiguén, 30 km away.

Topography around Victoria

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Victoria.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Victoria has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 346 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 475 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,082 m.

The land around Victoria is covered by cropland (50%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) within 80 km.

3 km

90 m

cropland 50%

16 km

475 m

cropland 51%

80 km

3,082 m

trees 64%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← April Victoria year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Traiguén 30 km · Collipulli 32 km · Lautaro 34 km · Vilcún 49 km · Mulchén 58 km · Angol 59 km · Temuco 61 km · Padre Las Casas 63 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 48% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,995; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 517
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Victoria (-38.2329°, -72.3329°, elevation 355 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	14	6
8	14	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
11	14	6
12	13	6
13	13	6
14	13	6
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	12	5
20	12	5
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	11	5
30	11	5
31	11	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	37
11	37
12	38
13	38
14	39
15	39
16	40
17	41
18	42
19	43
20	44
21	45
22	46
23	47
24	47
25	48
26	49
27	50
28	51
29	51
30	52
31	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	14	6
8	14	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
11	14	6
12	13	6
13	13	6
14	13	6
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	12	5
20	12	5
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	11	5
30	11	5
31	11	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	37
11	37
12	38
13	38
14	39
15	39
16	40
17	41
18	42
19	43
20	44
21	45
22	46
23	47
24	47
25	48
26	49
27	50
28	51
29	51
30	52
31	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	14	6
8	14	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
11	14	6
12	13	6
13	13	6
14	13	6
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	12	5
20	12	5
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	11	5
30	11	5
31	11	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	37
11	37
12	38
13	38
14	39
15	39
16	40
17	41
18	42
19	43
20	44
21	45
22	46
23	47
24	47
25	48
26	49
27	50
28	51
29	51
30	52
31	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0