Puerto Boyacá weather in May

In May, Puerto Boyacá sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 141 mm of rain across 20.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°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 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 Puerto Boyacá's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Boyacá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
8th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
141 mm
20.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:46 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
89%
12th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.9
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical May day in Puerto Boyacá reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Puerto Boyacá

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.

Puerto Boyacá weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 24°5211.311.72.4
Feb36° / 24°6011.811.81.9
Mar35° / 24°12719.9121.8
Apr34° / 24°15623.412.11.8
May35° / 24°14120.912.31.9
Jun36° / 24°7112.712.31.7
Jul37° / 25°5810.412.31.4
Aug37° / 25°7912.612.21.4
Sep35° / 24°13320.2121.7
Oct34° / 23°16925.111.92.0
Nov33° / 23°13923.711.72.4
Dec34° / 23°7816.411.72.6

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 4% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
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3595
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Puerto Boyacá gets around 141 mm of rain over 20.9 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 66% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
175
274
373
473
572
671
770
869
969
1068
1167
1266
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1464
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1763
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1963
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2163
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3157

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 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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21127611
31127611
41137412
51137412
61137511
71147411
81147411
92147311
102147311
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29120745
30120745
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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
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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 5:49 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:496:02
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412.25:496:02
512.25:486:02
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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 5.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in August across the year — May's 5.48 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Puerto Boyacá?

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

1.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Puerto Boyacá.

What to pack for Puerto Boyacá in May

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

In May, Puerto Boyacá sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Puerto Boyacá 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 Puerto Boyacá peaks around February 22 at about 13 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 22UV 13Dec 16UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Puerto Boyacá 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 Puerto Boyacá is worst in March — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateMar 1637 µg/m³Nov 1617 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar38Poor
Apr27Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Boyacá?

Puerto Boyacá sits at 6.0°N, 74.6°W, 145 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Puerto Triunfo, 13 km away.

Topography around Puerto Boyacá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Boyacá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m around an average of 149 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 224 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,201 m.

The land around Puerto Boyacá is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
81 m
16 km
224 m
80 km
3,201 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Puerto Triunfo 13 km · Puerto Salgar 58 km · La Dorada 59 km · Puerto Berrío 61 km · Santuario 77 km · Cimitarra 80 km · Carmen de Viboral 84 km · Sonsón 86 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 Puerto Boyacá (5.976°, -74.5852°, elevation 145 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).