Silvania weather in May

In May, Silvania sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 1324 mm of rain across 30.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

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

Daytime high: 24°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 1324 mm; 30.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:48 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover: 94%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; 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 24°C through the month.

A typical May day in Silvania reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	18
2	24	18
3	24	18
4	24	18
5	24	18
6	24	19
7	24	19
8	24	19
9	24	19
10	24	19
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22	24	18
23	24	18
24	24	18
25	24	18
26	24	18
27	24	18
28	24	18
29	24	18
30	24	18
31	24	18

Silvania weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 18°	281	24.9	11.8	4.4
Feb	25° / 18°	397	23.7	11.9	4.2
Mar	25° / 18°	643	29.3	12	3.7
Apr	24° / 18°	994	29.7	12.1	3.5
May	24° / 18°	1324	30.9	12.2	3.4
Jun	24° / 18°	1366	30	12.2	3.5
Jul	24° / 18°	1215	30.8	12.2	3.5
Aug	24° / 18°	824	29.8	12.1	3.7
Sep	25° / 18°	633	28	12	3.8
Oct	25° / 18°	610	30	11.9	3.6
Nov	24° / 18°	502	29.2	11.8	3.6
Dec	25° / 18°	406	28.2	11.7	4.0

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 1% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 99%.

	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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Cloudier (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Silvania gets around 1324 mm of rain over 30.9 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 100% and peaks near 100% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	99
2	99
3	99
4	99
5	99
6	99
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 38% 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 (%)	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	67	68	69	71	72	73	74	75	76
Muggy (%)	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	33	32	31	29	28	27	26	25	24

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	71	29
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	76	24

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 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	4	4
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
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10	4	calm
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17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
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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	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 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 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 6:02 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)	12.2	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	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48
Sunset (PM)	5:59	5:59	5:59	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	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:50	5:59
2	12.2	5:50	5:59
3	12.2	5:50	5:59
4	12.2	5:50	5:59
5	12.2	5:49	5:59
6	12.2	5:49	5:59
7	12.2	5:49	5:59
8	12.2	5:49	5:59
9	12.2	5:49	5:59
10	12.2	5:48	5:59
11	12.2	5:48	5:59
12	12.2	5:48	5:59
13	12.2	5:48	6:00
14	12.2	5:48	6:00
15	12.2	5:48	6:00
16	12.2	5:48	6:00
17	12.2	5:48	6:00
18	12.2	5:48	6:00
19	12.2	5:48	6:00
20	12.2	5:48	6:00
21	12.2	5:48	6:00
22	12.2	5:48	6:00
23	12.2	5:48	6:01
24	12.2	5:48	6:01
25	12.2	5:48	6:01
26	12.2	5:48	6:01
27	12.2	5:48	6:01
28	12.2	5:48	6:01
29	12.2	5:48	6:02
30	12.2	5:48	6:02
31	12.2	5:48	6:02

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.47 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.47 kWh/m² to a high of 4.78 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 3.47 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)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Silvania

In seasonPeak

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

Silvania's rainy season runs March–September, 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 Silvania?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

3.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Silvania.

What to pack for Silvania in May

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

In May, Silvania sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 31 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Silvania 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 Silvania peaks around February 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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	13	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	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Silvania 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 Silvania is worst in March — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 23 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)	34	38	43	38	31	26	23	27	33	32	32	34
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	34	Moderate
Feb	38	Poor
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	31	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	32	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Silvania?

Silvania sits at 4.4°N, 74.4°W, 1,459 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Fusagasugá, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Silvania

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Silvania has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 739 m around an average of 1,594 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,958 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,002 m.

The land around Silvania is covered by trees (77%) within 3 km, trees (70%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

739 m

trees 77%

16 km

2,958 m

trees 70%

80 km

4,002 m

trees 57%

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

May weather nearby: Fusagasugá 8.0 km · Sibaté 17 km · Soacha 27 km · Kennedy 36 km · Melgar 36 km · Mosquera 38 km · Madrid 39 km · Funza 40 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 Silvania (4.4037°, -74.3867°, elevation 1,459 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	24	18
2	24	18
3	24	18
4	24	18
5	24	18
6	24	19
7	24	19
8	24	19
9	24	19
10	24	19
11	24	19
12	24	19
13	24	19
14	24	19
15	24	19
16	24	18
17	24	18
18	24	18
19	24	18
20	24	18
21	24	18
22	24	18
23	24	18
24	24	18
25	24	18
26	24	18
27	24	18
28	24	18
29	24	18
30	24	18
31	24	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	99
2	99
3	99
4	99
5	99
6	99
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	71	29
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	76	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	99
2	99
3	99
4	99
5	99
6	99
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	71	29
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	76	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	99
2	99
3	99
4	99
5	99
6	99
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	71	29
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	76	24