Casigua El Cubo weather in May

In May, Casigua El Cubo sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 552 mm of rain across 30.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-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 1% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Casigua El Cubo's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Casigua El Cubo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
552 mm
30.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:04 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
92%
12th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.9
out of 10

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 Casigua El Cubo reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Casigua El Cubo

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Casigua El Cubo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°12219.511.53.7
Feb31° / 23°12917.411.73.4
Mar32° / 23°22224.111.92.7
Apr32° / 23°40628.712.22.1
May32° / 24°55230.712.41.9
Jun32° / 24°50729.612.52.0
Jul32° / 23°57130.812.52.0
Aug33° / 23°55230.612.31.8
Sep33° / 23°48629.612.11.8
Oct32° / 23°50630.711.82.0
Nov31° / 23°41929.211.62.3
Dec31° / 23°25126.311.52.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% 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 95%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Casigua El Cubo gets around 552 mm of rain over 30.7 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 99% and peaks near 99% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12377
22278
32179
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101783
111684
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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
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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 6:08 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:086:26
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312.36:076:27
412.36:076:27
512.36:076:27
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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 4.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in August across the year — May's 4.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Is May a good time to visit Casigua El Cubo?

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

1.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Casigua El Cubo.

What to pack for Casigua El Cubo in May

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

In May, Casigua El Cubo sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 31 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Casigua El Cubo in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Casigua El Cubo peaks around February 21 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 highFeb 21UV 13Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Casigua El Cubo 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 Casigua El Cubo is worst in March — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.4× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1944 µg/m³Dec 1514 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar45Poor
Apr36Poor
May33Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Casigua El Cubo?

Casigua El Cubo sits at 8.7°N, 72.5°W, 39 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Puerto Santander, 44 km away.

ColónLa GritaEl Zulia

Topography around Casigua El Cubo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Casigua El Cubo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m around an average of 59 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,358 m.

The land around Casigua El Cubo is covered by trees (48%) and grassland (41%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
165 m
16 km
328 m
80 km
2,358 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Puerto Santander 44 km · Encontrados 47 km · La Fría 66 km · Coloncito 67 km · San Carlos del Zulia 71 km · Colón 84 km · La Grita 90 km · El Zulia 91 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 Casigua El Cubo (8.746°, -72.5189°, elevation 39 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).