Honda weather in May

In May, Honda sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 80 mm of rain across 15.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°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 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 Honda's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Honda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
10th warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
80 mm
15.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:48 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
90%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Honda is human settlement.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Honda reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Honda

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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
31
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.

Honda weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 21°277.311.73.5
Feb34° / 22°409.211.83.0
Mar33° / 22°6714.4122.8
Apr33° / 22°8316.112.12.9
May32° / 22°8015.512.23.1
Jun33° / 22°288.612.33.4
Jul33° / 21°175.612.33.5
Aug34° / 21°215.812.23.2
Sep34° / 22°4511.8122.7
Oct32° / 22°11716.911.93.0
Nov31° / 21°1291811.83.3
Dec32° / 21°5711.411.73.7

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 3% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 97%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1397
2298
3298
4298
5298
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11298
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Honda gets around 80 mm of rain over 15.5 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 49% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
156
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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 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 55% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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20635509
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Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 5:51 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:516:02
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.58 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in August across the year — May's 4.79 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Honda?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Honda.

What to pack for Honda in May

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

In May, Honda sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Honda 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 Honda peaks around February 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 14Dec 16UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Honda 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 Honda is worst in March — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1730 µg/m³Jul 1320 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar31Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Honda?

Honda sits at 5.2°N, 74.7°W, 200 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is San Sebastián de Mariquita, 17 km away.

Topography around Honda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Honda has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 439 m around an average of 327 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,266 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,122 m.

The land around Honda is covered by trees (62%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, trees (62%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
439 m
16 km
1,266 m
80 km
5,122 m
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May weather nearby: San Sebastián de Mariquita 17 km · Guaduas 22 km · La Dorada 28 km · Puerto Salgar 30 km · Fresno 34 km · Villeta 37 km · Lérida 43 km · Padua 46 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 Honda (5.2086°, -74.7358°, elevation 200 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).