El Doncello weather in May

In May, El Doncello sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 226 mm of rain across 26.7 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is El Doncello's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Doncello's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 226 mm; 26.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:55 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover: 87%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in El Doncello reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

El Doncello weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-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	29° / 20°	73	11.5	11.9	5.0
Feb	29° / 20°	105	13.9	11.9	4.6
Mar	28° / 20°	177	22.5	12	4.1
Apr	27° / 20°	225	25.9	12	3.8
May	27° / 19°	226	26.7	12.1	3.9
Jun	26° / 19°	213	24.9	12.1	4.1
Jul	25° / 18°	202	24.1	12.1	4.5
Aug	26° / 19°	115	19	12.1	5.1
Sep	27° / 19°	106	19	12	4.9
Oct	28° / 19°	161	22.6	12	4.3
Nov	28° / 20°	198	24.1	11.9	3.9
Dec	28° / 20°	122	17.9	11.9	4.6

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 6% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

	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 (%)	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Cloudier (%)	93	93	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	6	94
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	6	94
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

El Doncello gets around 226 mm of rain over 26.7 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 86% and peaks near 88% 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 (%)	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	86
17	86
18	85
19	85
20	85
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	84
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	83

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 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Muggy (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	97
Oppressive (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	96	2
2	2	96	2
3	2	96	2
4	2	96	2
5	2	96	2
6	2	96	2
7	2	96	2
8	2	96	2
9	3	95	2
10	3	95	2
11	3	95	2
12	3	94	3
13	3	94	3
14	3	94	3
15	3	94	3
16	4	93	3
17	3	94	3
18	3	94	3
19	3	94	3
20	3	94	3
21	3	94	3
22	3	94	3
23	3	94	3
24	2	95	3
25	2	95	3
26	2	96	2
27	2	96	2
28	2	96	2
29	2	96	2
30	2	96	2
31	2	97	1

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
21	3	calm
22	3	calm
23	3	calm
24	3	calm
25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:01 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	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:57	5:56	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	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:57	6:00
2	12.1	5:56	6:00
3	12.1	5:56	6:00
4	12.1	5:56	6:00
5	12.1	5:56	6:00
6	12.1	5:56	6:00
7	12.1	5:56	6:00
8	12.1	5:56	6:00
9	12.1	5:56	6:00
10	12.1	5:55	6:00
11	12.1	5:55	6:00
12	12.1	5:55	6:00
13	12.1	5:55	6:00
14	12.1	5:55	6:00
15	12.1	5:55	6:00
16	12.1	5:55	6:00
17	12.1	5:55	6:00
18	12.1	5:55	6:00
19	12.1	5:55	6:00
20	12.1	5:55	6:00
21	12.1	5:55	6:00
22	12.1	5:55	6:00
23	12.1	5:55	6:00
24	12.1	5:55	6:00
25	12.1	5:55	6:00
26	12.1	5:55	6:00
27	12.1	5:55	6:01
28	12.1	5:56	6:01
29	12.1	5:56	6:01
30	12.1	5:56	6:01
31	12.1	5:56	6:01

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.87 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 4.16 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)	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	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	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
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	4.4	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.1	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	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit El Doncello?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in El Doncello.

What to pack for El Doncello in May

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

In May, El Doncello sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 27 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in El Doncello in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Doncello peaks around February 12 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 at about 10 (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)	14	15	12	12	13	12	11	10	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in El Doncello 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 El Doncello is worst in February — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.5× the cleanest month (July, 11 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)	31	83	34	20	14	12	11	12	12	13	13	14
Level	Moderate	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	31	Moderate
Feb	83	Unhealthy
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	12	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	12	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is El Doncello?

El Doncello sits at 1.7°N, 75.3°W, 357 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Puerto Rico, 29 km away.

Topography around El Doncello

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Doncello has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 688 m around an average of 409 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,530 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,261 m.

The land around El Doncello is covered by trees (49%) and grassland (47%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (45%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km

688 m

trees 49%

16 km

1,530 m

trees 55%

80 km

3,261 m

trees 57%

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

May weather nearby: Puerto Rico 29 km · Florencia 36 km · Guadalupe 65 km · Garzón 69 km · Tarqui 77 km · Gigante 84 km · Pitalito 87 km · La Plata 104 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 El Doncello (1.6782°, -75.2847°, elevation 357 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	27	20
2	27	20
3	27	20
4	27	20
5	27	20
6	27	20
7	27	20
8	27	20
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	26	19
15	26	19
16	26	19
17	26	19
18	26	19
19	26	19
20	26	19
21	26	19
22	26	19
23	26	19
24	26	19
25	26	19
26	26	19
27	26	19
28	26	19
29	26	19
30	26	19
31	26	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	6	94
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	6	94
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	86
17	86
18	85
19	85
20	85
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	84
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	83

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	96	2
2	2	96	2
3	2	96	2
4	2	96	2
5	2	96	2
6	2	96	2
7	2	96	2
8	2	96	2
9	3	95	2
10	3	95	2
11	3	95	2
12	3	94	3
13	3	94	3
14	3	94	3
15	3	94	3
16	4	93	3
17	3	94	3
18	3	94	3
19	3	94	3
20	3	94	3
21	3	94	3
22	3	94	3
23	3	94	3
24	2	95	3
25	2	95	3
26	2	96	2
27	2	96	2
28	2	96	2
29	2	96	2
30	2	96	2
31	2	97	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	6	94
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	6	94
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	86
17	86
18	85
19	85
20	85
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	84
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	83

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	96	2
2	2	96	2
3	2	96	2
4	2	96	2
5	2	96	2
6	2	96	2
7	2	96	2
8	2	96	2
9	3	95	2
10	3	95	2
11	3	95	2
12	3	94	3
13	3	94	3
14	3	94	3
15	3	94	3
16	4	93	3
17	3	94	3
18	3	94	3
19	3	94	3
20	3	94	3
21	3	94	3
22	3	94	3
23	3	94	3
24	2	95	3
25	2	95	3
26	2	96	2
27	2	96	2
28	2	96	2
29	2	96	2
30	2	96	2
31	2	97	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	6	94
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	6	94
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	86
17	86
18	85
19	85
20	85
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	84
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	83

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	96	2
2	2	96	2
3	2	96	2
4	2	96	2
5	2	96	2
6	2	96	2
7	2	96	2
8	2	96	2
9	3	95	2
10	3	95	2
11	3	95	2
12	3	94	3
13	3	94	3
14	3	94	3
15	3	94	3
16	4	93	3
17	3	94	3
18	3	94	3
19	3	94	3
20	3	94	3
21	3	94	3
22	3	94	3
23	3	94	3
24	2	95	3
25	2	95	3
26	2	96	2
27	2	96	2
28	2	96	2
29	2	96	2
30	2	96	2
31	2	97	1