Cabudare weather in May

In May, Cabudare sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 66 mm of rain across 16.6 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-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 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Cabudare's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cabudare's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
9th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
66 mm
16.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:50 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
87%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Cabudare is city.

Founded
1817

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 Cabudare reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than 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 Cabudare

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Cabudare weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 20°71.811.55.8
Feb31° / 20°72.111.75.2
Mar32° / 21°254.411.94.6
Apr30° / 21°5211.612.24.2
May29° / 21°6616.612.54.3
Jun28° / 21°6018.712.64.6
Jul28° / 20°5418.512.54.9
Aug28° / 20°4417.712.34.6
Sep29° / 21°4115.212.14.4
Oct30° / 21°5515.811.84.3
Nov30° / 21°4312.111.54.6
Dec30° / 20°164.511.45.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11090
21090
31090
41090
51090
61090
71090
8991
9991
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Cabudare gets around 66 mm of rain over 16.6 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 54% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
151
251
352
452
553
653
754
854
954
1054
1154
1254
1354
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1652
1752
1851
1951
2051
2152
2252
2353
2454
2554
2655
2756
2857
2957
3058
3158

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11107019
21106920
3196921
4196822
5186823
6176824
7176725
8166627
9166528
10056629
11056530
12056431
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28016930
29017029
30017029
31017128

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
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58calm
68calm
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88calm
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159calm
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179calm
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319calm

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 5:54 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:546:15
212.45:536:15
312.45:536:15
412.45:536:15
512.45:526:15
612.45:526:15
712.45:526:15
812.45:516:16
912.45:516:16
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1212.45:506:16
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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 4.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.77 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.89 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
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275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Cabudare?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Cabudare for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cabudare in May

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

In May, Cabudare sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Cabudare 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 Cabudare peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 20UV 13Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Cabudare 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 Cabudare is worst in March — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2233 µg/m³Dec 2014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar33Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May30Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Cabudare?

Cabudare sits at 10.0°N, 69.3°W, 476 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Los Rastrojos, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Cabudare

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cabudare has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 292 m around an average of 486 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,320 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,321 m.

The land around Cabudare is covered by artificial surfaces (47%), trees (25%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
292 m
16 km
1,320 m
80 km
2,321 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Los Rastrojos 2.0 km · Barquisimeto 11 km · Yaritagua 16 km · Sabana de Parra 27 km · Duaca 31 km · Urachiche 31 km · Quíbor 41 km · Chivacoa 43 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 Cabudare (10.0266°, -69.262°, elevation 476 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).