Restrepo weather in May

In May, Restrepo sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 144 mm of rain across 20.2 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Restrepo's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Restrepo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 144 mm; 20.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:45 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 87%; 12th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Restrepo reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than 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)	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

Restrepo 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 19°	28	5	11.8	5.8
Feb	30° / 20°	34	5.4	11.9	5.3
Mar	29° / 20°	86	11.5	12	4.8
Apr	28° / 20°	164	18.3	12.1	4.6
May	27° / 20°	144	20.2	12.2	4.6
Jun	26° / 20°	90	17.7	12.2	5.0
Jul	26° / 19°	72	15.7	12.2	5.5
Aug	27° / 19°	36	10.8	12.1	6.0
Sep	29° / 19°	37	11.3	12	5.3
Oct	29° / 20°	122	14	11.9	4.9
Nov	28° / 20°	165	16.6	11.8	4.9
Dec	29° / 19°	53	9.2	11.8	5.7

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 5% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

	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 (%)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Cloudier (%)	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	7	93
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Restrepo gets around 144 mm of rain over 20.2 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 65% and peaks near 68% 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 (%)	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	62	62	62	61	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	65
5	65
6	65
7	66
8	66
9	67
10	67
11	67
12	68
13	67
14	67
15	67
16	66
17	66
18	66
19	65
20	65
21	65
22	64
23	64
24	64
25	63
26	63
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	61
31	61

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 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 91% of them.

	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
Humid (%)	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12
Muggy (%)	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	87
Oppressive (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	87	2
2	10	88	2
3	10	88	2
4	9	89	2
5	9	89	2
6	8	90	2
7	8	90	2
8	7	91	2
9	7	91	2
10	6	92	2
11	6	92	2
12	6	92	2
13	6	92	2
14	6	92	2
15	6	92	2
16	6	92	2
17	7	91	2
18	7	91	2
19	8	90	2
20	8	90	2
21	9	90	1
22	9	90	1
23	10	89	1
24	10	89	1
25	10	89	1
26	11	88	1
27	11	88	1
28	11	88	1
29	12	87	1
30	12	87	1
31	12	87	1

Wind in May

Winds average 3 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 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)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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	3	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	3	calm
9	3	calm
10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
13	3	calm
14	3	calm
15	3	calm
16	3	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
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25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 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 5:47 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 5:58 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)	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45
Sunset (PM)	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:47	5:56
2	12.2	5:47	5:56
3	12.2	5:47	5:56
4	12.2	5:46	5:56
5	12.2	5:46	5:56
6	12.2	5:46	5:56
7	12.2	5:46	5:56
8	12.2	5:46	5:56
9	12.2	5:45	5:56
10	12.2	5:45	5:56
11	12.2	5:45	5:56
12	12.2	5:45	5:56
13	12.2	5:45	5:56
14	12.2	5:45	5:56
15	12.2	5:45	5:56
16	12.2	5:45	5:56
17	12.2	5:45	5:56
18	12.2	5:45	5:56
19	12.2	5:45	5:57
20	12.2	5:45	5:57
21	12.2	5:44	5:57
22	12.2	5:44	5:57
23	12.2	5:44	5:57
24	12.2	5:44	5:57
25	12.2	5:45	5:57
26	12.2	5:45	5:58
27	12.2	5:45	5:58
28	12.2	5:45	5:58
29	12.2	5:45	5:58
30	12.2	5:45	5:58
31	12.2	5:45	5:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.44 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Restrepo?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Restrepo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Restrepo in May

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

In May, Restrepo sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Restrepo in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Restrepo peaks around February 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 11 (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)	14	16	15	13	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Restrepo 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 Restrepo is worst in March — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (July, 15 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)	19	23	31	25	19	17	15	16	17	19	20	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Restrepo?

Restrepo sits at 4.3°N, 73.6°W, 474 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Villavicencio, 16 km away.

Topography around Restrepo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Restrepo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m around an average of 487 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,522 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,042 m.

The land around Restrepo is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (44%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and grassland (47%) within 80 km.

3 km

353 m

trees 52%

16 km

2,522 m

trees 54%

80 km

4,042 m

trees 49%

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

May weather nearby: Villavicencio 16 km · Acacías 37 km · San Martín 64 km · Puerto López 69 km · Bogota 70 km · Kennedy 76 km · Granada 81 km · Soacha 81 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 Restrepo (4.2583°, -73.5614°, elevation 474 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	28	20
2	27	20
3	27	20
4	27	20
5	27	20
6	27	20
7	27	20
8	27	20
9	27	20
10	27	20
11	27	20
12	27	20
13	27	20
14	27	20
15	27	20
16	27	20
17	27	20
18	27	20
19	27	20
20	27	20
21	27	20
22	27	20
23	27	20
24	27	20
25	27	20
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20
29	27	20
30	27	20
31	27	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	7	93
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	65
5	65
6	65
7	66
8	66
9	67
10	67
11	67
12	68
13	67
14	67
15	67
16	66
17	66
18	66
19	65
20	65
21	65
22	64
23	64
24	64
25	63
26	63
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	61
31	61

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	87	2
2	10	88	2
3	10	88	2
4	9	89	2
5	9	89	2
6	8	90	2
7	8	90	2
8	7	91	2
9	7	91	2
10	6	92	2
11	6	92	2
12	6	92	2
13	6	92	2
14	6	92	2
15	6	92	2
16	6	92	2
17	7	91	2
18	7	91	2
19	8	90	2
20	8	90	2
21	9	90	1
22	9	90	1
23	10	89	1
24	10	89	1
25	10	89	1
26	11	88	1
27	11	88	1
28	11	88	1
29	12	87	1
30	12	87	1
31	12	87	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	7	93
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	65
5	65
6	65
7	66
8	66
9	67
10	67
11	67
12	68
13	67
14	67
15	67
16	66
17	66
18	66
19	65
20	65
21	65
22	64
23	64
24	64
25	63
26	63
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	61
31	61

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	87	2
2	10	88	2
3	10	88	2
4	9	89	2
5	9	89	2
6	8	90	2
7	8	90	2
8	7	91	2
9	7	91	2
10	6	92	2
11	6	92	2
12	6	92	2
13	6	92	2
14	6	92	2
15	6	92	2
16	6	92	2
17	7	91	2
18	7	91	2
19	8	90	2
20	8	90	2
21	9	90	1
22	9	90	1
23	10	89	1
24	10	89	1
25	10	89	1
26	11	88	1
27	11	88	1
28	11	88	1
29	12	87	1
30	12	87	1
31	12	87	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	7	93
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	65
5	65
6	65
7	66
8	66
9	67
10	67
11	67
12	68
13	67
14	67
15	67
16	66
17	66
18	66
19	65
20	65
21	65
22	64
23	64
24	64
25	63
26	63
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	61
31	61

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	87	2
2	10	88	2
3	10	88	2
4	9	89	2
5	9	89	2
6	8	90	2
7	8	90	2
8	7	91	2
9	7	91	2
10	6	92	2
11	6	92	2
12	6	92	2
13	6	92	2
14	6	92	2
15	6	92	2
16	6	92	2
17	7	91	2
18	7	91	2
19	8	90	2
20	8	90	2
21	9	90	1
22	9	90	1
23	10	89	1
24	10	89	1
25	10	89	1
26	11	88	1
27	11	88	1
28	11	88	1
29	12	87	1
30	12	87	1
31	12	87	1