Puerto Carreño weather in May

In May, Puerto Carreño sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 337 mm of rain across 27.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Carreño's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Carreño's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
9th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
337 mm
27.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:18 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover
88%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Puerto Carreño is capital city and seat of the Vichada Department in Colombia.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Puerto Carreño reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Puerto Carreño

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.

Puerto Carreño weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 24°11211.73.7
Feb35° / 25°132.611.83.1
Mar35° / 25°588.2122.6
Apr32° / 25°21920.912.12.6
May31° / 24°33727.412.32.7
Jun30° / 24°38028.512.42.7
Jul30° / 23°35729.912.32.7
Aug30° / 24°27229.212.22.6
Sep31° / 24°23227.3122.5
Oct32° / 24°20427.611.92.5
Nov32° / 24°14220.811.73.0
Dec32° / 24°429.511.63.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21189
31189
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51090
61090
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Puerto Carreño gets around 337 mm of rain over 27.4 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 88% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
182
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2992
3093
3193

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 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
112970
202971
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1002773
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2702674
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2902773
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Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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 5:21 AM to 5:17 AM, and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:215:34
212.25:205:34
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512.25:205:34
612.25:195:34
712.25:195:34
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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 4.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.24 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Puerto Carreño

In seasonPeak

In May, Puerto Carreño sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Puerto Carreño's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Puerto Carreño?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Puerto Carreño in May

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

In May, Puerto Carreño sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Puerto Carreño 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 Carreño peaks around February 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 21UV 13Dec 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Puerto Carreño 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 Carreño is worst in March — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 2025 µg/m³Nov 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep10Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Carreño?

Puerto Carreño sits at 6.2°N, 67.5°W, 16 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Puerto Ayacucho, 60 km away.

BiruacaSan Fernando de ApureAchaguasCamaguánCaicara del OrinocoElorzaCalabozo

Topography around Puerto Carreño

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Carreño has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 48 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,131 m.

The land around Puerto Carreño is covered by water (39%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
196 m
80 km
1,131 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Puerto Ayacucho 60 km · Biruaca 184 km · San Fernando de Apure 189 km · Achaguas 195 km · Camaguán 214 km · Caicara del Orinoco 217 km · Elorza 243 km · Calabozo 304 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 Carreño (6.1904°, -67.4839°, elevation 16 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).