Calabozo weather in May

In May, Calabozo sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 205 mm of rain across 20.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. 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 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 Calabozo's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Calabozo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
6th warmest
Overnight low
25°
10th coldest
Rainfall
205 mm
20.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:44 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover
82%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Calabozo is city in state Guárico, Venezuela.

Density
1,222/km²
people per km²
Founded
1724

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Calabozo 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 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Calabozo

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.

Calabozo weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 24°5111.53.0
Feb36° / 25°4111.72.5
Mar37° / 25°162.711.91.9
Apr35° / 26°10411.212.22.1
May33° / 25°20520.712.42.5
Jun32° / 24°23324.212.52.7
Jul31° / 23°2272612.52.8
Aug31° / 24°19926.112.32.7
Sep32° / 24°15022.212.12.7
Oct33° / 24°13220.611.82.8
Nov33° / 24°8714.811.63.0
Dec34° / 24°204.711.53.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21585
31585
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Calabozo gets around 205 mm of rain over 20.7 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 66% and peaks near 76% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3176

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 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
117225317
217215318
317205220
417205121
516195222
616185223
716175224
816175125
915165226
1005155327
1104145527
1204135528
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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67calm
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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 5:48 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:486:06
212.35:476:06
312.35:476:06
412.35:476:06
512.35:466:07
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712.45:466:07
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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 4.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.38 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.99 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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294.8Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Calabozo

In seasonPeak

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

Calabozo'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 Calabozo?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Calabozo.

What to pack for Calabozo in May

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

In May, Calabozo sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Calabozo 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 Calabozo peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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 19UV 13Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Calabozo 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 Calabozo is worst in June — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1227 µg/m³Dec 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Calabozo?

Calabozo sits at 8.9°N, 67.4°W, 103 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is El Sombrero, 66 km away.

CamaguánSan Juan de los MorrosEl PaoSan Fernando de ApureBiruacaVilla de CuraGüigüe

Topography around Calabozo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Calabozo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 94 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 529 m.

The land around Calabozo is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
71 m
80 km
529 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: El Sombrero 66 km · Camaguán 93 km · San Juan de los Morros 110 km · El Pao 111 km · San Fernando de Apure 115 km · Biruaca 120 km · Villa de Cura 124 km · Güigüe 134 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 Calabozo (8.9242°, -67.4293°, elevation 103 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).