Puerto Salgar weather in May

In May, Puerto Salgar sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 119 mm of rain across 16.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Salgar's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Salgar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
119 mm
16.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:47 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
89%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Puerto Salgar reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 36°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 Salgar

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 Salgar weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 21°6712.411.73.5
Feb34° / 22°801311.82.8
Mar33° / 22°15618.9122.6
Apr33° / 22°15119.112.12.7
May33° / 22°11916.412.22.9
Jun34° / 22°357.912.33.0
Jul35° / 22°31612.32.7
Aug35° / 22°48812.22.4
Sep34° / 22°11015.3122.3
Oct32° / 22°21122.211.92.6
Nov31° / 21°22523.611.82.9
Dec31° / 21°11617.111.73.5

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 4% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
2496
3496
4496
5496
6496
7397
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Puerto Salgar gets around 119 mm of rain over 16.4 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 52% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
163
262
361
460
559
659
758
857
956
1055
1154
1253
1352
1451
1550
1649
1749
1848
1948
2048
2148
2248
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2647
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3142

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 65% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
106185422
206185323
306195223
406195223
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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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315calm

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 5:50 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:506:01
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312.25:506:01
412.25:496:02
512.25:496:02
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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 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.67 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in August across the year — May's 5.1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Puerto Salgar?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Puerto Salgar in May

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

In May, Puerto Salgar sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Puerto Salgar 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 Puerto Salgar peaks around February 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 14Dec 16UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Puerto Salgar 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 Salgar is worst in March — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1730 µg/m³Jul 1320 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar31Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Salgar?

Puerto Salgar sits at 5.5°N, 74.7°W, 177 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is La Dorada, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Puerto Salgar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Salgar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m around an average of 186 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,210 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,683 m.

The land around Puerto Salgar is covered by grassland (40%) and trees (36%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (45%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
103 m
16 km
1,210 m
80 km
3,683 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: La Dorada 2.0 km · Honda 30 km · San Sebastián de Mariquita 39 km · Guaduas 45 km · Puerto Triunfo 46 km · Villeta 54 km · Fresno 55 km · Puerto Boyacá 58 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 Salgar (5.463°, -74.6544°, elevation 177 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).