Tadó weather in May

In May, Tadó sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 668 mm of rain across 29.8 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-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 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 Tadó's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tadó's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 668 mm; 29.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:55 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover: 95%; 11th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

Tadó is settlement in Colombia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Tadó 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 27°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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How May really feels in Tadó

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.

Tadó weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 23°	409	25.9	11.7	3.2
Feb	30° / 23°	356	22.4	11.8	3.2
Mar	30° / 23°	414	25.6	12	3.0
Apr	30° / 23°	509	27.1	12.1	2.8
May	30° / 23°	668	29.8	12.2	2.7
Jun	29° / 23°	860	29	12.3	2.7
Jul	29° / 23°	943	30.2	12.3	2.8
Aug	29° / 23°	942	30.1	12.2	2.8
Sep	29° / 23°	762	29.2	12	2.8
Oct	29° / 23°	695	29.7	11.9	2.8
Nov	29° / 23°	527	27.4	11.8	3.0
Dec	29° / 23°	420	26.2	11.7	3.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May.

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

	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	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tadó gets around 668 mm of rain over 29.8 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 96% and peaks near 97% 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 (%)	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	95
4	95
5	95
6	95
7	95
8	95
9	95
10	96
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	97
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

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 61% 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 (%)	61	61	60	60	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	60	60	61	62	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	67	67
Miserable (%)	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	40	40	39	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	33

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	67	33
31	67	33

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
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
21	3	calm
22	3	calm
23	3	calm
24	3	calm
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 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 5:58 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:12 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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55
Sunset (PM)	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:58	6:09
2	12.2	5:58	6:09
3	12.2	5:57	6:09
4	12.2	5:57	6:09
5	12.2	5:57	6:09
6	12.2	5:57	6:09
7	12.2	5:57	6:09
8	12.2	5:56	6:09
9	12.2	5:56	6:09
10	12.2	5:56	6:09
11	12.2	5:56	6:09
12	12.2	5:56	6:09
13	12.2	5:56	6:09
14	12.2	5:56	6:09
15	12.2	5:55	6:10
16	12.2	5:55	6:10
17	12.2	5:55	6:10
18	12.2	5:55	6:10
19	12.2	5:55	6:10
20	12.3	5:55	6:10
21	12.3	5:55	6:10
22	12.3	5:55	6:10
23	12.3	5:55	6:11
24	12.3	5:55	6:11
25	12.3	5:55	6:11
26	12.3	5:55	6:11
27	12.3	5:55	6:11
28	12.3	5:55	6:11
29	12.3	5:55	6:12
30	12.3	5:55	6:12
31	12.3	5:55	6:12

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.07 kWh/m² to a high of 3.94 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 3.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2
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	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.2	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Tadó?

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

2.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tadó.

What to pack for Tadó in May

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

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

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Tadó 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 Tadó peaks around March 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 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)	12	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Tadó 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 Tadó is worst in March — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (July, 11 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)	14	17	20	17	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	11	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Tadó?

Tadó sits at 5.3°N, 76.6°W, 75 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Quibdó, 48 km away.

Topography around Tadó

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tadó has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m around an average of 115 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 457 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,046 m.

The land around Tadó is covered by trees (91%) within 3 km, trees (96%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

163 m

trees 91%

16 km

457 m

trees 96%

80 km

4,046 m

trees 97%

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

May weather nearby: Quibdó 48 km · Belén de Umbría 77 km · La Virginia 86 km · Anserma 86 km · Andes 87 km · Ciudad Bolívar 89 km · Cartago 93 km · Quinchía 93 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 Tadó (5.266°, -76.5649°, elevation 75 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	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	29	23
23	29	23
24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	29	23

	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	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	95
4	95
5	95
6	95
7	95
8	95
9	95
10	96
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	97
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	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	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	95
4	95
5	95
6	95
7	95
8	95
9	95
10	96
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	97
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	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	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	95
4	95
5	95
6	95
7	95
8	95
9	95
10	96
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	97
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	67	33
31	67	33