Montelíbano weather in May

In May, Montelíbano sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 224 mm of rain across 28.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-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 1% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Montelíbano's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Montelíbano's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
224 mm
28.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:47 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
93%
12th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

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 Montelíbano reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

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

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Montelíbano weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 24°339.511.63.6
Feb35° / 25°388.511.72.6
Mar35° / 25°8916.711.92.2
Apr33° / 25°16925.312.22.1
May32° / 25°22428.712.42.2
Jun32° / 24°16325.212.52.4
Jul32° / 24°14924.712.42.5
Aug32° / 24°16126.312.32.4
Sep32° / 24°18327.5122.3
Oct31° / 24°20629.611.82.3
Nov31° / 24°17727.111.62.5
Dec32° / 24°9619.211.53.2

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 2% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 97%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1397
2397
3397
4397
5397
6397
7397
8397
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10397
11397
12397
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27397
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31595

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Montelíbano gets around 224 mm of rain over 28.7 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 92% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
192
292
392
492
592
692
792
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992
1092
1192
1292
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1492
1592
1692
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2891
2990
3090
3189

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11288
21189
31090
41090
5991
6991
7892
8892
9892
10793
11793
12793
13694
14694
15694
16694
17694
18694
19694
20793
21793
22793
23793
24793
25793
26892
27892
28892
29892
30892
31892

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
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104calm
114calm
124calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 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 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:516:07
212.35:506:07
312.35:506:07
412.35:506:07
512.35:496:07
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712.35:496:08
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1412.45:476:09
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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 4.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.61 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Montelíbano?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Montelíbano.

What to pack for Montelíbano in May

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

In May, Montelíbano sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Montelíbano 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 Montelíbano peaks around June 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highJun 12UV 12Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Montelíbano 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 Montelíbano is worst in March — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1833 µg/m³Nov 1312 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar35Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Montelíbano?

Montelíbano sits at 8.0°N, 75.4°W, 46 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Caucasia, 25 km away.

Topography around Montelíbano

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Montelíbano has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 44 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,812 m.

The land around Montelíbano is covered by grassland (57%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (72%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and grassland (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
99 m
80 km
2,812 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Caucasia 25 km · Ayapel 48 km · Planeta Rica 51 km · Nechí 72 km · Tierralta 74 km · El Bagre 79 km · Zaragoza 82 km · San Marcos 82 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 Montelíbano (7.9792°, -75.4202°, elevation 46 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).