Lérida weather in May

In May, Lérida sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 153 mm of rain across 19.2 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-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 Lérida's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lérida's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 153 mm; 19.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:49 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 92%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

← April Lérida 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 24°C through the month.

A typical May day in Lérida 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.

	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	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
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

Lérida weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 16°	51	5.7	11.7	7.1
Feb	26° / 17°	51	7.4	11.8	6.7
Mar	26° / 17°	108	13.4	12	5.9
Apr	25° / 17°	153	17.7	12.1	5.1
May	24° / 17°	153	19.2	12.2	5.1
Jun	24° / 16°	54	12.4	12.3	6.0
Jul	24° / 16°	41	9.4	12.3	6.6
Aug	25° / 16°	26	6.3	12.2	6.9
Sep	26° / 17°	47	9.1	12	6.4
Oct	25° / 17°	159	15.2	11.9	5.6
Nov	25° / 17°	157	13.9	11.8	5.8
Dec	25° / 17°	81	8.5	11.7	6.7

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 1% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 98%.

	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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Cloudier (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lérida gets around 153 mm of rain over 19.2 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 61% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	59	59	58	57	56	55	54	54	53	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	65
5	65
6	64
7	64
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	64
12	63
13	63
14	62
15	62
16	61
17	61
18	61
19	60
20	60
21	60
22	59
23	59
24	58
25	57
26	56
27	55
28	54
29	54
30	53
31	52

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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Comfortable (%)	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19
Humid (%)	85	86	86	87	88	89	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	89	88	87	87	87	86	85	84	84	83	82	83	82	82	81	81
Muggy (%)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	15	85	0
2	14	86	0
3	13	86	1
4	12	87	1
5	11	88	1
6	10	89	1
7	9	90	1
8	8	91	1
9	8	91	1
10	7	91	2
11	7	91	2
12	7	91	2
13	7	91	2
14	7	91	2
15	8	90	2
16	9	89	2
17	10	88	2
18	11	87	2
19	12	87	1
20	12	87	1
21	13	86	1
22	14	85	1
23	15	84	1
24	15	84	1
25	16	83	1
26	17	82	1
27	17	83	0
28	18	82	0
29	18	82	0
30	19	81	0
31	19	81	0

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	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 5:52 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:05 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	12.2	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:52	6:02
2	12.2	5:52	6:02
3	12.2	5:51	6:02
4	12.2	5:51	6:02
5	12.2	5:51	6:02
6	12.2	5:51	6:02
7	12.2	5:50	6:02
8	12.2	5:50	6:02
9	12.2	5:50	6:02
10	12.2	5:50	6:02
11	12.2	5:50	6:02
12	12.2	5:50	6:02
13	12.2	5:50	6:02
14	12.2	5:49	6:02
15	12.2	5:49	6:02
16	12.2	5:49	6:02
17	12.2	5:49	6:03
18	12.2	5:49	6:03
19	12.2	5:49	6:03
20	12.2	5:49	6:03
21	12.2	5:49	6:03
22	12.2	5:49	6:03
23	12.2	5:49	6:03
24	12.2	5:49	6:04
25	12.2	5:49	6:04
26	12.2	5:49	6:04
27	12.3	5:49	6:04
28	12.3	5:49	6:04
29	12.3	5:49	6:04
30	12.3	5:49	6:05
31	12.3	5:49	6:05

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 — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in February 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)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
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	4.1	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Lérida?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Lérida for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lérida in May

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

In May, Lérida sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Lérida 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 Lérida peaks around February 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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)	12	15	14	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Lérida 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 Lérida is worst in March — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 21 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	36	40	35	28	24	21	25	31	29	28	31
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	31	Moderate
Feb	36	Poor
Mar	40	Poor
Apr	35	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lérida?

Lérida sits at 4.9°N, 74.9°W, 345 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Líbano, 18 km away.

Topography around Lérida

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lérida has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 223 m around an average of 336 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,487 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,100 m.

The land around Lérida is covered by grassland (42%) and trees (36%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

223 m

grassland 42%

16 km

1,487 m

trees 53%

80 km

5,100 m

trees 65%

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

May weather nearby: Líbano 18 km · Fresno 35 km · San Sebastián de Mariquita 37 km · Padua 40 km · Guaduas 42 km · Honda 43 km · Villeta 51 km · Manzanares 51 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 Lérida (4.8624°, -74.9098°, elevation 345 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	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	65
5	65
6	64
7	64
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	64
12	63
13	63
14	62
15	62
16	61
17	61
18	61
19	60
20	60
21	60
22	59
23	59
24	58
25	57
26	56
27	55
28	54
29	54
30	53
31	52

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	15	85	0
2	14	86	0
3	13	86	1
4	12	87	1
5	11	88	1
6	10	89	1
7	9	90	1
8	8	91	1
9	8	91	1
10	7	91	2
11	7	91	2
12	7	91	2
13	7	91	2
14	7	91	2
15	8	90	2
16	9	89	2
17	10	88	2
18	11	87	2
19	12	87	1
20	12	87	1
21	13	86	1
22	14	85	1
23	15	84	1
24	15	84	1
25	16	83	1
26	17	82	1
27	17	83	0
28	18	82	0
29	18	82	0
30	19	81	0
31	19	81	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	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	65
5	65
6	64
7	64
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	64
12	63
13	63
14	62
15	62
16	61
17	61
18	61
19	60
20	60
21	60
22	59
23	59
24	58
25	57
26	56
27	55
28	54
29	54
30	53
31	52

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	15	85	0
2	14	86	0
3	13	86	1
4	12	87	1
5	11	88	1
6	10	89	1
7	9	90	1
8	8	91	1
9	8	91	1
10	7	91	2
11	7	91	2
12	7	91	2
13	7	91	2
14	7	91	2
15	8	90	2
16	9	89	2
17	10	88	2
18	11	87	2
19	12	87	1
20	12	87	1
21	13	86	1
22	14	85	1
23	15	84	1
24	15	84	1
25	16	83	1
26	17	82	1
27	17	83	0
28	18	82	0
29	18	82	0
30	19	81	0
31	19	81	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	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	65
5	65
6	64
7	64
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	64
12	63
13	63
14	62
15	62
16	61
17	61
18	61
19	60
20	60
21	60
22	59
23	59
24	58
25	57
26	56
27	55
28	54
29	54
30	53
31	52

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	15	85	0
2	14	86	0
3	13	86	1
4	12	87	1
5	11	88	1
6	10	89	1
7	9	90	1
8	8	91	1
9	8	91	1
10	7	91	2
11	7	91	2
12	7	91	2
13	7	91	2
14	7	91	2
15	8	90	2
16	9	89	2
17	10	88	2
18	11	87	2
19	12	87	1
20	12	87	1
21	13	86	1
22	14	85	1
23	15	84	1
24	15	84	1
25	16	83	1
26	17	82	1
27	17	83	0
28	18	82	0
29	18	82	0
30	19	81	0
31	19	81	0