Aragua de Barcelona weather in May

In May, Aragua de Barcelona sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 87 mm of rain across 12.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Aragua de Barcelona's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aragua de Barcelona's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
87 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:33 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
75%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Aragua de Barcelona is human settlement in Venezuela.

Density
508/km²
people per km²
Founded
1734

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 35°C through the month.

A typical May day in Aragua de Barcelona reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Aragua de Barcelona

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.

Aragua de Barcelona weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 23°92.211.53.2
Feb35° / 23°51.311.72.9
Mar36° / 24°202.511.92.3
Apr36° / 25°375.312.22.0
May35° / 25°8712.212.42.1
Jun34° / 24°10417.612.52.5
Jul33° / 24°13120.912.52.6
Aug33° / 24°15522.512.32.5
Sep34° / 24°12119.912.12.3
Oct34° / 24°9517.311.82.3
Nov34° / 24°7514.711.62.6
Dec34° / 23°276.611.53.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Aragua de Barcelona gets around 87 mm of rain over 12.2 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 38% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 86% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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311946331
411846341
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711645362
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
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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 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:375:56
212.35:365:56
312.35:365:57
412.45:365:57
512.45:355:57
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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 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Aragua de Barcelona

In seasonPeak

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

Aragua de Barcelona's rainy season runs May–November, 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 Aragua de Barcelona?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aragua de Barcelona.

What to pack for Aragua de Barcelona in May

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

In May, Aragua de Barcelona sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Aragua de Barcelona 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 Aragua de Barcelona peaks around March 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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 highMar 22UV 14Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Aragua de Barcelona 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 Aragua de Barcelona is worst in September — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (January, 20 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateSep 1347 µg/m³Jan 1721 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr35Poor
May38Poor
Jun39Poor
Jul45Poor
Aug44Poor
Sep47Poor
Oct40Poor
Nov34Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Aragua de Barcelona?

Aragua de Barcelona sits at 9.5°N, 64.8°W, 110 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Anaco, 40 km away.

Topography around Aragua de Barcelona

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aragua de Barcelona has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,165 m.

The land around Aragua de Barcelona is covered by trees (54%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, trees (63%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
1,165 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Anaco 40 km · Cantaura 54 km · Zaraza 56 km · Clarines 65 km · Pariaguán 69 km · Puerto Píritu 71 km · Barcelona 77 km · Lecherías 83 km

Venezuela travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 0% of US
price level, 2011
GDP per capita
$3,495
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
12.6
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
39
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 520
Religion
Roman Catholic 48%Protestant 32%none 14%believer 4%

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 Aragua de Barcelona (9.4559°, -64.8293°, elevation 110 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).