Andes weather in May

In May, Andes sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 403 mm of rain across 30.8 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-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 humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Andes's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Andes's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 403 mm; 30.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:52 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 95%; 12th clearest
Wind: 2 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Andes is Colombia settlement.

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 Andes reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with 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)	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	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	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	25	17
7	25	17
8	25	17
9	25	17
10	25	17
11	25	17
12	25	17
13	25	17
14	25	17
15	25	17
16	25	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

Andes weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 16°	200	29.4	11.7	3.8
Feb	25° / 16°	211	26.8	11.8	3.7
Mar	25° / 17°	291	30.5	12	3.5
Apr	25° / 17°	362	29.9	12.1	3.4
May	24° / 17°	403	30.8	12.3	3.4
Jun	25° / 16°	282	29.9	12.3	3.4
Jul	25° / 16°	260	30.9	12.3	3.4
Aug	26° / 16°	302	31	12.2	3.4
Sep	25° / 16°	340	29.9	12	3.4
Oct	24° / 16°	409	30.7	11.9	3.5
Nov	24° / 16°	375	29.3	11.7	3.6
Dec	24° / 16°	259	29.9	11.7	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	1	1	1	1	1
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	99	99	99	99	99

	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	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Andes gets around 403 mm of rain over 30.8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 99% and peaks near 100% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 21% 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 (%)	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	78	78	79	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	85	85
Muggy (%)	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	77	23
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	85	15
31	85	15

Wind in May

Winds average 2 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 2 km/h on the calmest days to 2 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)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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	2	calm
2	2	calm
3	2	calm
4	2	calm
5	2	calm
6	2	calm
7	2	calm
8	2	calm
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19	2	calm
20	2	calm
21	2	calm
22	2	calm
23	2	calm
24	2	calm
25	2	calm
26	2	calm
27	2	calm
28	2	calm
29	2	calm
30	2	calm
31	2	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 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 5:55 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:10 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)	12.2	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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	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	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:55	6:07
2	12.2	5:55	6:07
3	12.2	5:54	6:07
4	12.2	5:54	6:07
5	12.2	5:54	6:07
6	12.2	5:54	6:07
7	12.2	5:53	6:07
8	12.2	5:53	6:07
9	12.2	5:53	6:07
10	12.2	5:53	6:07
11	12.2	5:53	6:07
12	12.2	5:53	6:07
13	12.2	5:52	6:07
14	12.2	5:52	6:07
15	12.3	5:52	6:07
16	12.3	5:52	6:07
17	12.3	5:52	6:08
18	12.3	5:52	6:08
19	12.3	5:52	6:08
20	12.3	5:52	6:08
21	12.3	5:52	6:08
22	12.3	5:52	6:08
23	12.3	5:52	6:08
24	12.3	5:52	6:09
25	12.3	5:52	6:09
26	12.3	5:52	6:09
27	12.3	5:52	6:09
28	12.3	5:52	6:09
29	12.3	5:52	6:10
30	12.3	5:52	6:10
31	12.3	5:52	6:10

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.82 kWh/m² to a high of 5.11 kWh/m² in August across the year — May's 4.13 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)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Andes?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

3.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Andes.

What to pack for Andes in May

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

In May, Andes sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 31 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Andes in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Andes peaks around February 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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)	13	15	15	12	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Andes 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 Andes is worst in March — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (October, 18 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)	23	27	30	24	21	20	20	21	20	18	19	22
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	30	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	22	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Andes?

Andes sits at 5.7°N, 75.9°W, 1,282 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Ciudad Bolívar, 27 km away.

Topography around Andes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Andes has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 774 m around an average of 1,470 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,814 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,018 m.

The land around Andes is covered by trees (84%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

774 m

trees 84%

16 km

2,814 m

trees 82%

80 km

4,018 m

trees 79%

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

May weather nearby: Ciudad Bolívar 27 km · Riosucio 33 km · Supía 34 km · Salgar 36 km · Anserma 37 km · Fredonia 38 km · Quinchía 39 km · Concordia 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 Andes (5.6561°, -75.8788°, elevation 1,282 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	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	25	17
7	25	17
8	25	17
9	25	17
10	25	17
11	25	17
12	25	17
13	25	17
14	25	17
15	25	17
16	25	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	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	77	23
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	17
2	24	17
3	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	25	17
7	25	17
8	25	17
9	25	17
10	25	17
11	25	17
12	25	17
13	25	17
14	25	17
15	25	17
16	25	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	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	77	23
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	17
2	24	17
3	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	25	17
7	25	17
8	25	17
9	25	17
10	25	17
11	25	17
12	25	17
13	25	17
14	25	17
15	25	17
16	25	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	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	77	23
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	85	15
31	85	15