Pamplona weather in May

In May, Pamplona sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 256 mm of rain across 24.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Pamplona's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pamplona's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 256 mm; 24.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:37 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 95%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Pamplona is settlement in Pamplona, Colombia.

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical May day in Pamplona reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 21°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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Pamplona weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-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	19° / 10°	48	11.7	11.6	5.6
Feb	19° / 10°	72	14	11.8	5.2
Mar	19° / 11°	135	19.7	11.9	4.5
Apr	19° / 12°	214	23.6	12.2	3.8
May	19° / 12°	256	24.4	12.3	3.8
Jun	18° / 12°	150	20.7	12.4	4.1
Jul	19° / 12°	105	19	12.4	4.4
Aug	19° / 12°	125	19.3	12.2	4.4
Sep	19° / 11°	164	20.3	12	4.3
Oct	19° / 11°	220	23.6	11.8	3.9
Nov	19° / 11°	167	20.2	11.7	4.2
Dec	19° / 11°	75	13.4	11.6	5.4

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 (%)	2	2	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	2	2	2	3
Cloudier (%)	98	98	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	98	98	98	97

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
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	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	3	97

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pamplona gets around 256 mm of rain over 24.4 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 78% and peaks near 80% 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 (%)	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	78	78	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	75	75	75	74	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	80
11	80
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	80
16	79
17	79
18	78
19	78
20	77
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	75
28	75
29	75
30	74
31	74

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 60% 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
Dry (%)	58	58	57	57	56	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	65	66	67	67	68	68	68	69
Comfortable (%)	42	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	35	34	33	33	32	32	32	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	69	31

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.

	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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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
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6	4	calm
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25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

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 5:40 AM to 5:36 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:00 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36
Sunset (PM)	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:40	5:55
2	12.3	5:40	5:56
3	12.3	5:40	5:56
4	12.3	5:39	5:56
5	12.3	5:39	5:56
6	12.3	5:39	5:56
7	12.3	5:38	5:56
8	12.3	5:38	5:56
9	12.3	5:38	5:56
10	12.3	5:38	5:56
11	12.3	5:38	5:56
12	12.3	5:37	5:56
13	12.3	5:37	5:56
14	12.3	5:37	5:57
15	12.3	5:37	5:57
16	12.3	5:37	5:57
17	12.3	5:37	5:57
18	12.3	5:37	5:57
19	12.3	5:36	5:57
20	12.4	5:36	5:58
21	12.4	5:36	5:58
22	12.4	5:36	5:58
23	12.4	5:36	5:58
24	12.4	5:36	5:58
25	12.4	5:36	5:58
26	12.4	5:36	5:59
27	12.4	5:36	5:59
28	12.4	5:36	5:59
29	12.4	5:36	5:59
30	12.4	5:36	6:00
31	12.4	5:36	6:00

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.63 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.63 kWh/m² to a high of 4.64 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 3.63 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)	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Pamplona?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

1.6

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pamplona.

What to pack for Pamplona in May

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

In May, Pamplona sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. About 24 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Pamplona in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pamplona peaks around February 21 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 12 (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)	15	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	16	Extreme
May	15	Extreme
Jun	15	Extreme
Jul	14	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Pamplona 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 Pamplona is worst in March — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 19 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)	21	25	34	29	22	21	19	20	20	20	19	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	21	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Pamplona?

Pamplona sits at 7.4°N, 72.6°W, 2,294 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Rubio, 48 km away.

Topography around Pamplona

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pamplona has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,005 m around an average of 2,492 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,523 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,372 m.

The land around Pamplona is covered by grassland (48%) and trees (41%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (46%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,005 m

grassland 48%

16 km

2,523 m

trees 52%

80 km

4,372 m

trees 64%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces

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

May weather nearby: Rubio 48 km · Santa Ana 51 km · San Antonio del Táchira 53 km · Los Patios 54 km · Villa del Rosario 54 km · San Josecito 57 km · Bucaramanga 59 km · Floridablanca 60 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 Pamplona (7.3757°, -72.6479°, elevation 2,294 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	19	12
2	19	12
3	19	12
4	19	12
5	19	12
6	19	12
7	19	12
8	19	12
9	19	12
10	19	12
11	19	12
12	19	12
13	19	12
14	19	12
15	19	12
16	19	12
17	19	12
18	19	12
19	19	12
20	19	12
21	19	12
22	19	12
23	19	12
24	19	12
25	19	12
26	19	12
27	19	12
28	19	12
29	19	12
30	19	12
31	19	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
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	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	80
11	80
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	80
16	79
17	79
18	78
19	78
20	77
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	75
28	75
29	75
30	74
31	74

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	69	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
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	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	80
11	80
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	80
16	79
17	79
18	78
19	78
20	77
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	75
28	75
29	75
30	74
31	74

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	69	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
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	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	80
11	80
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	80
16	79
17	79
18	78
19	78
20	77
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	75
28	75
29	75
30	74
31	74

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	69	31