Daule weather in May

In May, Daule sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 191 mm of rain across 22.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-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 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Daule's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Daule's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
8th coldest
Rainfall
191 mm
22.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:19 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
87%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
3.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Daule is city of Guayas Province, Ecuador.

Density
2,644/km²
people per km²
Founded
1537

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

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 Daule reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Daule

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Daule weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 23°2692512.13.3
Feb29° / 23°39726.212.12.8
Mar30° / 23°37827.4122.9
Apr30° / 24°31625.6123.0
May29° / 23°19122.211.93.6
Jun29° / 22°861411.94.8
Jul28° / 22°5910.711.95.3
Aug29° / 21°418.211.95.3
Sep29° / 21°6911.5124.8
Oct29° / 22°5210.5124.8
Nov30° / 22°507.912.14.8
Dec30° / 23°11014.712.14.1

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 4% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
2496
3496
4496
5496
6496
7496
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Daule gets around 191 mm of rain over 22.2 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 72% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
183
283
382
482
581
681
780
880
979
1079
1178
1277
1376
1475
1574
1672
1771
1870
1969
2067
2166
2265
2364
2463
2562
2661
2761
2860
2960
3059
3158

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 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
107525
207624
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2148412
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2358510
246859
256868
266877
277876
287885
298875
308884
319874

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 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
14calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 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 6:19 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:196:15
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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 3.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.97 kWh/m² to a high of 3.89 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 3.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.4Moderate
23.4Moderate
33.3Moderate
43.3Moderate
53.3Moderate
63.3Moderate
73.3Moderate
83.2Moderate
93.2Moderate
103.2Moderate
113.2Moderate
123.2Moderate
133.2Moderate
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223.1Moderate
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243.1Moderate
253.1Moderate
263.1Moderate
273.1Moderate
283.1Moderate
293.1Moderate
303.0Moderate
313.0Moderate
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Daule

In seasonPeak

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

Daule's monsoon runs January–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Daule?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Daule.

What to pack for Daule in May

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

In May, Daule sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Daule 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 Daule peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 11UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Daule 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 Daule is worst in March — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1726 µg/m³Aug 1812 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Daule?

Daule sits at 1.9°S, 80.0°W, 28 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is El Triunfo, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Daule

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Daule has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 286 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 843 m.

The land around Daule is covered by cropland (51%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
286 m
80 km
843 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: El Triunfo 8.0 km · Pedro Carbo 29 km · Samborondón 30 km · Eloy Alfaro 38 km · Guayaquil 39 km · Yaguachi Nuevo 41 km · Vinces 42 km · Babahoyo 51 km

Ecuador travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 43% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$7,125
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
70%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
45.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 466
Religion
Roman Catholic 68%Protestant 19%none 8%other 2%

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 Daule (-1.8603°, -79.9768°, elevation 28 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).