Zaragoza weather in May

In May, Zaragoza sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 328 mm of rain across 30.3 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 31°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 Zaragoza's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zaragoza's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 328 mm; 30.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:46 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 93%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.42 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.3; 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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Zaragoza reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°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	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
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	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
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31	31	23

How May really feels in Zaragoza

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.

Zaragoza 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	86	17.1	11.6	4.0
Feb	32° / 22°	87	14.8	11.8	3.6
Mar	32° / 23°	174	22.8	11.9	2.9
Apr	31° / 23°	274	28.2	12.2	2.4
May	31° / 23°	328	30.3	12.3	2.3
Jun	31° / 23°	256	29	12.4	2.3
Jul	32° / 23°	265	29.4	12.4	2.2
Aug	31° / 23°	253	29.9	12.2	2.2
Sep	31° / 22°	264	29.3	12	2.4
Oct	30° / 22°	269	30.3	11.8	2.6
Nov	30° / 22°	235	28.3	11.7	2.8
Dec	30° / 22°	144	24.2	11.6	3.3

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 3% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 97%.

	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	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Cloudier (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96

	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	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
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24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zaragoza gets around 328 mm of rain over 30.3 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 98% and peaks near 99% 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 (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
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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 71% 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 (%)	75	75	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70
Miserable (%)	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
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23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	70	30

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

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.

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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
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
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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 5:49 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:09 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	12.4	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)	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	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	5:45	5:45	5:45
Sunset (PM)	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:49	6:04
2	12.3	5:49	6:05
3	12.3	5:48	6:05
4	12.3	5:48	6:05
5	12.3	5:48	6:05
6	12.3	5:47	6:05
7	12.3	5:47	6:05
8	12.3	5:47	6:05
9	12.3	5:47	6:05
10	12.3	5:47	6:05
11	12.3	5:46	6:05
12	12.3	5:46	6:05
13	12.3	5:46	6:06
14	12.3	5:46	6:06
15	12.3	5:46	6:06
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17	12.3	5:45	6:06
18	12.3	5:45	6:06
19	12.4	5:45	6:06
20	12.4	5:45	6:07
21	12.4	5:45	6:07
22	12.4	5:45	6:07
23	12.4	5:45	6:07
24	12.4	5:45	6:07
25	12.4	5:45	6:08
26	12.4	5:45	6:08
27	12.4	5:45	6:08
28	12.4	5:45	6:08
29	12.4	5:45	6:08
30	12.4	5:45	6:09
31	12.4	5:45	6:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.97 kWh/m² to a high of 5.02 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.42 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	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	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5
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	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
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27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Zaragoza?

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

2.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

3.4

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zaragoza.

What to pack for Zaragoza in May

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

In May, Zaragoza sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Zaragoza 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 Zaragoza peaks around September 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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	12	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	12	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 Zaragoza 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 Zaragoza is worst in March — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.0× the cleanest month (November, 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	27	63	26	16	14	15	14	12	11	11	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	26	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Zaragoza?

Zaragoza sits at 7.5°N, 74.9°W, 66 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is El Bagre, 14 km away.

Topography around Zaragoza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zaragoza has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 238 m around an average of 109 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 475 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,583 m.

The land around Zaragoza is covered by trees (67%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (77%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

238 m

trees 67%

16 km

475 m

trees 77%

80 km

2,583 m

trees 72%

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

May weather nearby: El Bagre 14 km · Segovia 49 km · Caucasia 66 km · Nechí 68 km · Montelíbano 82 km · Yarumal 84 km · Ayapel 96 km · Ituango 105 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 Zaragoza (7.4897°, -74.8692°, elevation 66 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
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	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	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
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10	98
11	98
12	98
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	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	70	30

	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	23
8	31	23
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	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	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
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	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
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11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	70	30

	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	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	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	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
8	98
9	98
10	98
11	98
12	98
13	97
14	97
15	97
16	97
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	98
23	98
24	98
25	98
26	98
27	98
28	98
29	98
30	99
31	99

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	70	30