Andalucía weather in May

In May, Andalucía sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 549 mm of rain across 30.3 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Andalucía's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Andalucía's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 549 mm; 30.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:55 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 95%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Andalucía is settlement in Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical May day in Andalucía reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	17
2	24	17
3	24	17
4	24	17
5	24	17
6	24	17
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27	24	17
28	24	17
29	24	17
30	24	17
31	24	17

Andalucía weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 17°	326	29.8	11.8	3.7
Feb	25° / 17°	320	26.4	11.9	3.7
Mar	25° / 17°	351	29.4	12	3.7
Apr	24° / 17°	472	28.9	12.1	3.6
May	24° / 17°	549	30.3	12.2	3.5
Jun	24° / 17°	477	29.6	12.2	3.5
Jul	24° / 16°	428	30	12.2	3.6
Aug	24° / 16°	358	30.1	12.1	3.6
Sep	24° / 16°	383	28.6	12	3.6
Oct	24° / 17°	443	29.9	11.9	3.6
Nov	24° / 17°	454	28.5	11.8	3.7
Dec	24° / 17°	383	29.6	11.8	3.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 0% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 100%.

	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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cloudier (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
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31	0	100

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Andalucía gets around 549 mm of rain over 30.3 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 98% and peaks near 99% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	98
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31	97

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 57% of them.

	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
Humid (%)	40	39	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	35	36	37	38	40	41	43	45	47	48	50	51	53	54	55	55	55	56	56
Muggy (%)	60	61	62	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	66	65	64	63	62	60	59	57	55	53	52	50	49	47	46	45	45	45	44	44

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	40	60
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	43	57
20	45	55
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	50	50
24	51	49
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
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30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:09 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)	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:58	6:06
2	12.1	5:57	6:06
3	12.2	5:57	6:06
4	12.2	5:57	6:06
5	12.2	5:57	6:06
6	12.2	5:57	6:06
7	12.2	5:56	6:06
8	12.2	5:56	6:06
9	12.2	5:56	6:06
10	12.2	5:56	6:06
11	12.2	5:56	6:06
12	12.2	5:56	6:06
13	12.2	5:56	6:06
14	12.2	5:55	6:06
15	12.2	5:55	6:06
16	12.2	5:55	6:07
17	12.2	5:55	6:07
18	12.2	5:55	6:07
19	12.2	5:55	6:07
20	12.2	5:55	6:07
21	12.2	5:55	6:07
22	12.2	5:55	6:07
23	12.2	5:55	6:07
24	12.2	5:55	6:08
25	12.2	5:55	6:08
26	12.2	5:55	6:08
27	12.2	5:55	6:08
28	12.2	5:55	6:08
29	12.2	5:55	6:08
30	12.2	5:55	6:09
31	12.2	5:55	6:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.28 kWh/m² to a high of 4.25 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 3.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Andalucía?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.1

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Andalucía.

What to pack for Andalucía in May

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

In May, Andalucía sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 30 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Andalucía in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Andalucía peaks around March 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 at about 12 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	16	16	13	15	13	13	13	15	15	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	15	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Andalucía 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 Andalucía is worst in March — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (August, 12 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)	16	19	21	19	16	13	13	12	13	13	12	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Andalucía?

Andalucía sits at 4.2°N, 76.2°W, 958 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Tuluá, 10 km away.

Topography around Andalucía

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Andalucía has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m around an average of 982 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,151 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,524 m.

The land around Andalucía is covered by grassland (48%), trees (27%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

203 m

grassland 48%

16 km

1,151 m

trees 41%

80 km

4,524 m

trees 68%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

May weather nearby: Tuluá 10 km · Roldanillo 27 km · Zarzal 27 km · Sevilla 28 km · Guadalajara de Buga 33 km · La Unión 41 km · Caicedonia 42 km · Darien 44 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $8,562; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 15.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 480
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 Andalucía (4.1706°, -76.1664°, elevation 958 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	24	17
2	24	17
3	24	17
4	24	17
5	24	17
6	24	17
7	24	17
8	24	17
9	24	17
10	24	17
11	24	17
12	24	17
13	24	17
14	24	17
15	24	17
16	24	17
17	24	17
18	24	17
19	24	17
20	24	17
21	24	17
22	24	17
23	24	17
24	24	17
25	24	17
26	24	17
27	24	17
28	24	17
29	24	17
30	24	17
31	24	17

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	98
18	98
19	98
20	98
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	40	60
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	43	57
20	45	55
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	50	50
24	51	49
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	98
18	98
19	98
20	98
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	40	60
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	43	57
20	45	55
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	50	50
24	51	49
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	98
18	98
19	98
20	98
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	40	60
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	43	57
20	45	55
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	50	50
24	51	49
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44