Biruaca weather in May

In May, Biruaca sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 246 mm of rain across 22.6 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 Biruaca's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Biruaca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
8th warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
246 mm
22.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:46 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover
84%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Biruaca is human settlement in Venezuela.

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 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Biruaca reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°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 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Biruaca

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.

Biruaca weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 25°7111.63.4
Feb35° / 25°50.911.72.8
Mar36° / 26°213.211.92.2
Apr35° / 26°11413.212.22.2
May33° / 25°24622.612.42.5
Jun31° / 24°26525.812.42.6
Jul31° / 23°27227.712.42.6
Aug31° / 24°24627.112.32.5
Sep32° / 24°19524.4122.5
Oct33° / 24°15522.211.82.6
Nov33° / 24°8113.711.63.2
Dec34° / 25°204.411.63.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21585
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Biruaca gets around 246 mm of rain over 22.6 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 72% and peaks near 80% 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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14135825
24125826
34125628
43115729
53115630
63105631
73105532
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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 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 6:05 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:496:05
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312.35:486:06
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512.35:486:06
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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 4.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.31 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Biruaca

In seasonPeak

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

Biruaca's monsoon runs May–October, 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 Biruaca?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Biruaca.

What to pack for Biruaca in May

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

In May, Biruaca sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Biruaca 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 Biruaca peaks around March 15 at about 13 (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 15UV 13Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Biruaca 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 Biruaca is worst in April — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.6× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1534 µg/m³Dec 1910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb15Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr36Poor
May23Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Biruaca?

Biruaca sits at 7.8°N, 67.5°W, 51 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is San Fernando de Apure, 7.0 km away.

CalabozoCaicara del OrinocoEl SombreroPuerto CarreñoGuanarito

Topography around Biruaca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Biruaca has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m.

The land around Biruaca is covered by grassland (55%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (71%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
27 m
80 km
49 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: San Fernando de Apure 7.0 km · Camaguán 31 km · Achaguas 78 km · Calabozo 120 km · Caicara del Orinoco 150 km · El Sombrero 179 km · Puerto Carreño 184 km · Guanarito 209 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 Biruaca (7.8448°, -67.5168°, elevation 51 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).