Barinas weather in May

In May, Barinas sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 395 mm of rain across 24.9 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 Barinas's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barinas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
9th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
395 mm
24.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:55 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
91%
12th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Barinas is city in Venezuela.

Density
13,243/km²
people per km²
Founded
1577

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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Barinas reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Barinas

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.

Barinas weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°163.411.64.0
Feb34° / 23°223.711.73.4
Mar34° / 24°637.511.93.0
Apr33° / 24°17716.812.22.8
May32° / 24°39524.912.42.6
Jun30° / 23°6842712.52.7
Jul30° / 23°8162812.52.7
Aug31° / 23°53428.312.32.5
Sep32° / 23°28425.412.12.4
Oct32° / 23°17722.811.82.6
Nov32° / 23°10216.411.63.2
Dec33° / 23°488.211.53.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
3694
4694
5694
6694
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Barinas gets around 395 mm of rain over 24.9 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 80% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
171
272
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473
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776
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3186

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 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11107811
21107811
3197812
4197713
5197614
6187516
7187417
8177418
9177319
10177220
11167320
12067321
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18057124
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20047224
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28037324
29027424
30027424
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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)Feels
14calm
24calm
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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 5:59 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:596:17
212.35:596:17
312.35:586:17
412.35:586:17
512.35:586:17
612.35:586:18
712.35:576:18
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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 4.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 5.18 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Barinas

In seasonPeak

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

Barinas's monsoon runs May–August, 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 Barinas?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Barinas.

What to pack for Barinas in May

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

In May, Barinas sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Barinas 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 Barinas peaks around February 21 at about 14 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 21UV 14Dec 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Barinas 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 Barinas is worst in March — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateMar 1937 µg/m³Dec 1812 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar38Poor
Apr31Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Barinas?

Barinas sits at 8.6°N, 70.2°W, 221 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Alto Barinas, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Barinas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barinas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 197 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 466 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,524 m.

The land around Barinas is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (63%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
466 m
80 km
4,524 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Alto Barinas 3.0 km · Obispos 14 km · Barrancas 21 km · Barinitas 25 km · Sabaneta 36 km · Boconoito 37 km · Ciudad Bolivia 48 km · Timotes 69 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 Barinas (8.6206°, -70.231°, elevation 221 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).