Manta weather in May

In May, Manta sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 33 mm of rain across 7.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-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 7% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Manta's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Manta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
33 mm
7.6 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:20 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
75%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Manta is city of Manabí Province, Ecuador.

Air quality
Good
PM10 27.8 µg/m³ · 2012
Density
4,369/km²
people per km²
Founded
1534

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 Manta reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Manta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 9 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
9
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.

Manta weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 24°7311.3125.3
Feb29° / 24°13815.9124.5
Mar29° / 24°11815.7124.5
Apr29° / 24°7911.7125.1
May29° / 24°337.6125.8
Jun27° / 23°133.611.97.0
Jul27° / 22°82.1127.3
Aug27° / 21°61.3127.5
Sep27° / 21°92.5127.3
Oct27° / 22°92.4127.2
Nov27° / 22°132.7127.1
Dec28° / 23°32612.16.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
32476
42476
52476
62476
72476
82476
92377
102377
112278
122179
132179
142179
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Manta gets around 33 mm of rain over 7.6 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 24% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
131
231
330
430
530
629
729
829
929
1029
1128
1228
1328
1427
1527
1626
1726
1825
1924
2023
2122
2221
2320
2419
2518
2617
2717
2816
2916
3015
3115

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 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
110819
210819
310819
410819
510819
611809
711818
812808
913798
1013798
1114788
1215787
1317767
1418757
1520746
1621736
1723725
1825705
1926704
2028684
2130673
2232653
2334642
2436622
2538602
2639592
2741581
2843561
2945541
3047521
3148511

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:21 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:216:19
212.06:216:19
312.06:216:19
412.06:216:19
512.06:216:19
612.06:216:18
712.06:216:18
812.06:216:18
912.06:206:18
1012.06:206:18
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2912.06:226:19
3012.06:226:19
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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 4.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.14 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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54.7Bright
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244.4Bright
254.4Bright
264.4Bright
274.4Bright
284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Manta

In seasonPeak

None of Manta's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Manta's rainy season runs January–April, 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 Manta?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Manta for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Manta in May

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

In May, Manta sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Manta in May

The nearest coast averages about 26°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in February at about 26°C and coldest in September near 24°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

22°24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr26Warm
May26Warm
Jun26Warm
Jul25Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep24Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov25Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index in Manta 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 Manta peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 10UV 15Jul 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Manta?

Manta sits at 0.9°S, 80.7°W, 3 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Montecristi, 13 km away.

Topography around Manta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Manta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 607 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 846 m.

The land around Manta is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and water (40%) within 3 km, water (51%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and water (47%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
607 m
80 km
846 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Montecristi 13 km · Portoviejo 33 km · Jipijapa 47 km · Sucre 51 km · Bahía de Caráquez 52 km · Canoa 62 km · Calceta 64 km · Puerto López 68 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 Manta (-0.9494°, -80.7314°, elevation 3 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).