Sabana de Torres weather in May

In May, Sabana de Torres sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 457 mm of rain across 29.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Sabana de Torres's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sabana de Torres's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 457 mm; 29.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:40 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover: 94%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.5; 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Sabana de Torres reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How May really feels in Sabana de Torres

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Sabana de Torres weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-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	31° / 22°	154	21.1	11.6	3.6
Feb	31° / 23°	166	18.2	11.8	3.3
Mar	31° / 23°	286	25.9	11.9	2.7
Apr	31° / 23°	402	28.7	12.2	2.4
May	30° / 23°	457	29.4	12.3	2.5
Jun	30° / 23°	377	25.8	12.4	2.8
Jul	30° / 23°	310	23.7	12.4	3.1
Aug	30° / 23°	339	25.6	12.2	2.9
Sep	30° / 23°	438	27.9	12	2.6
Oct	30° / 23°	464	29.7	11.8	2.6
Nov	30° / 23°	480	28.7	11.7	2.7
Dec	30° / 23°	318	26.2	11.6	3.1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sabana de Torres gets around 457 mm of rain over 29.4 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 95% and peaks near 96% 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 (%)	96	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	93	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	95
3	95
4	95
5	95
6	94
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	95
18	95
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	94
29	94
30	93
31	92

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 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Oppressive (%)	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	67	66	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	66	67	68	69	70	70	71	71	72	73	73	74	74
Miserable (%)	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	33	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	34	33	32	31	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	26	26

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	73	27
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	66	34
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 3 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	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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	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 5:43 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 6:03 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)	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40
Sunset (PM)	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:43	5:59
2	12.3	5:43	5:59
3	12.3	5:43	5:59
4	12.3	5:43	5:59
5	12.3	5:42	5:59
6	12.3	5:42	5:59
7	12.3	5:42	5:59
8	12.3	5:42	5:59
9	12.3	5:41	5:59
10	12.3	5:41	6:00
11	12.3	5:41	6:00
12	12.3	5:41	6:00
13	12.3	5:41	6:00
14	12.3	5:40	6:00
15	12.3	5:40	6:00
16	12.3	5:40	6:00
17	12.3	5:40	6:00
18	12.3	5:40	6:01
19	12.3	5:40	6:01
20	12.4	5:40	6:01
21	12.4	5:40	6:01
22	12.4	5:40	6:01
23	12.4	5:40	6:02
24	12.4	5:39	6:02
25	12.4	5:39	6:02
26	12.4	5:39	6:02
27	12.4	5:39	6:02
28	12.4	5:39	6:03
29	12.4	5:39	6:03
30	12.4	5:39	6:03
31	12.4	5:40	6:03

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.28 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.22 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)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
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	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sabana de Torres?

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

2.5

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sabana de Torres.

What to pack for Sabana de Torres in May

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

In May, Sabana de Torres sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Sabana de Torres 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 Sabana de Torres peaks around February 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 10 (very high).

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)	11	13	12	11	12	12	12	11	13	12	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Sabana de Torres 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 Sabana de Torres is worst in March — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.8× the cleanest month (November, 18 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)	23	32	51	33	24	22	22	21	19	19	18	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	51	Poor
Apr	33	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Sabana de Torres?

Sabana de Torres sits at 7.4°N, 73.5°W, 137 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Puerto Wilches, 44 km away.

Topography around Sabana de Torres

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sabana de Torres has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 126 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,230 m.

The land around Sabana de Torres is covered by trees (51%) and grassland (39%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

68 m

trees 51%

16 km

195 m

trees 66%

80 km

4,230 m

trees 64%

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← April Sabana de Torres year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Puerto Wilches 44 km · Girón 51 km · Bucaramanga 51 km · Barrancabermeja 54 km · Floridablanca 58 km · Yondó 63 km · Piedecuesta 67 km · San Martín 68 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 Sabana de Torres (7.3915°, -73.4957°, elevation 137 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	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	30	24
19	30	24
20	30	24
21	30	24
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	95
3	95
4	95
5	95
6	94
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	95
18	95
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	94
29	94
30	93
31	92

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	73	27
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	66	34
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	95
3	95
4	95
5	95
6	94
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	95
18	95
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	94
29	94
30	93
31	92

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	73	27
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	66	34
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	95
3	95
4	95
5	95
6	94
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	95
18	95
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	94
29	94
30	93
31	92

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	73	27
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	66	34
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26