Granada weather in May

In May, Granada sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 267 mm of rain across 25.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Granada's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Granada's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
10th warmest
Overnight low
21°
8th coldest
Rainfall
267 mm
25.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:46 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover
87%
12th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Granada is Colombian district in Meta.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Granada reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Granada

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 21 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
21
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Granada weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°335.211.84.3
Feb33° / 22°62811.93.6
Mar32° / 22°16216.1123.5
Apr30° / 22°23623.812.13.1
May29° / 21°26725.912.23.3
Jun28° / 21°24025.112.23.7
Jul28° / 20°23023.612.24.1
Aug29° / 21°12618.312.14.2
Sep30° / 21°12019.2123.7
Oct30° / 21°1442111.93.4
Nov30° / 21°14219.711.83.5
Dec31° / 21°6010.311.84.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2793
3793
4694
5694
6694
7694
8595
9595
10595
11595
12595
13595
14595
15595
16595
17595
18595
19694
20694
21694
22694
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24694
25793
26793
27793
28793
29892
30892
31892

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Granada gets around 267 mm of rain over 25.9 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 84% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
182
282
382
482
582
682
783
883
983
1084
1184
1284
1384
1484
1584
1684
1784
1884
1984
2084
2184
2284
2384
2484
2584
2684
2784
2884
2985
3085
3185

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
111980
211980
311980
411980
511980
611881
711881
811881
911782
1011782
1111683
1211683
1311683
1411683
1511683
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1711683
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1911782
2011782
2111881
2211881
2311980
2412079
2512079
2602179
2702278
2802377
2902377
3002476
3102575

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)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
144calm
154calm
164calm
174calm
184calm
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234calm
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264calm
274calm
284calm
294calm
304calm
314calm

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 5:48 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:485:56
212.15:485:56
312.15:485:56
412.15:485:56
512.15:485:56
612.15:475:56
712.15:475:56
812.15:475:56
912.15:475:56
1012.15:475:56
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1212.25:475:56
1312.25:465:56
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2912.25:465:58
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3112.25:475:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.37 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.5Bright
34.5Bright
44.4Bright
54.4Bright
64.4Bright
74.4Bright
84.4Bright
94.4Bright
104.3Bright
114.3Bright
124.3Bright
134.3Bright
144.3Bright
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164.3Bright
174.3Bright
184.3Bright
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204.4Bright
214.4Bright
224.4Bright
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244.4Bright
254.4Bright
264.4Bright
274.4Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Granada

In seasonPeak

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

Granada's rainy season runs March–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 Granada?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Granada.

What to pack for Granada in May

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

In May, Granada sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Granada in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 13UV 14Dec 13UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Granada 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 Granada is worst in March — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 16 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1932 µg/m³Jul 1817 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar33Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Granada?

Granada sits at 3.5°N, 73.7°W, 336 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is San Martín, 17 km away.

FusagasugáSilvaniaSibaté

Topography around Granada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Granada has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 332 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 284 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,020 m.

The land around Granada is covered by grassland (50%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and trees (40%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and grassland (48%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
284 m
80 km
4,020 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: San Martín 17 km · Acacías 49 km · Villavicencio 66 km · Restrepo 81 km · Puerto López 103 km · Fusagasugá 114 km · Silvania 122 km · Sibaté 122 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
Roman Catholic 64%Protestant 17%none 14%atheist 1%

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 Granada (3.5463°, -73.7069°, elevation 336 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).