Segovia weather in May

In May, Segovia sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 322 mm of rain across 29.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°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 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Segovia's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Segovia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
322 mm
29.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:45 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
93%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Segovia reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Segovia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Segovia weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 19°852011.64.3
Feb30° / 20°11019.511.83.8
Mar29° / 20°20427.1123.1
Apr29° / 20°28528.412.22.9
May29° / 20°32229.412.32.8
Jun30° / 20°21026.412.43.0
Jul30° / 20°19125.812.43.0
Aug30° / 20°20026.612.22.9
Sep29° / 20°25628.1122.9
Oct28° / 20°2813011.83.0
Nov28° / 20°23228.211.73.4
Dec28° / 20°12723.511.63.9

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%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1199
2199
3199
4298
5298
6298
7298
8298
9298
10298
11298
12298
13298
14298
15298
16298
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19298
20298
21298
22298
23397
24397
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26397
27397
28397
29397
30397
31496

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Segovia gets around 322 mm of rain over 29.4 wet days in May, the wettest month. 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 95% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
195
295
395
495
595
695
795
895
995
1095
1195
1295
1395
1495
1595
1695
1795
1895
1995
2095
2195
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2495
2594
2694
2794
2894
2993
3093
3193

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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
14951
24852
34753
44753
54654
64654
74555
84555
94456
104456
114456
124456
134456
144456
154555
164555
174654
184654
194753
204852
214951
225050
235149
245248
255248
265347
275446
285545
295545
305644
315644

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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 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 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:496:03
212.35:486:03
312.35:486:03
412.35:486:03
512.35:486:04
612.35:476:04
712.35:476:04
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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 4.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.34 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in August across the year — May's 4.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Segovia?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Segovia.

What to pack for Segovia in May

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

In May, Segovia sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Segovia 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 Segovia peaks around February 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Segovia 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 Segovia is worst in March — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (November, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateMar 1638 µg/m³Nov 1113 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar41Poor
Apr23Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Segovia?

Segovia sits at 7.1°N, 74.7°W, 680 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Zaragoza, 49 km away.

Topography around Segovia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Segovia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 271 m around an average of 622 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 760 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,721 m.

The land around Segovia is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (45%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (45%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
271 m
16 km
760 m
80 km
2,721 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Zaragoza 49 km · El Bagre 59 km · Puerto Berrío 73 km · Yarumal 80 km · Yondó 87 km · Barrancabermeja 93 km · Puerto Wilches 93 km · Santa Rosa de Osos 97 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 Segovia (7.0799°, -74.6989°, elevation 680 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).