Ciudad Bolívar weather in May

In May, Ciudad Bolívar sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 139 mm of rain across 15.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 Ciudad Bolívar's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciudad Bolívar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
25°
11th coldest
Rainfall
139 mm
15.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:29 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover
75%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Ciudad Bolívar is city in Bolívar, Venezuela.

Density
1,035/km²
people per km²
Founded
1764

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 33°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ciudad Bolívar reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°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 Ciudad Bolívar

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.

Ciudad Bolívar weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°133.111.64.3
Feb33° / 23°101.811.73.8
Mar35° / 24°122.311.93.1
Apr35° / 25°50612.22.6
May34° / 25°13915.312.42.7
Jun32° / 24°20123.212.52.8
Jul31° / 23°23325.912.42.9
Aug31° / 23°22124.912.32.8
Sep32° / 24°13818.8123.1
Oct33° / 24°10415.811.83.1
Nov33° / 24°7413.911.63.3
Dec32° / 23°378.311.54.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23070
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ciudad Bolívar gets around 139 mm of rain over 15.3 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 48% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3164

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 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11544365
21443375
31442385
41441396
51340416
61239427
71238437
81137447
91136458
101036468
111035478
12934488
13933499
14932509
15831529
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187295410
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
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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 5:33 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:335:50
212.35:335:50
312.35:325:50
412.35:325:50
512.35:325:50
612.35:315:50
712.35:315:50
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912.35:315:51
1012.35:305:51
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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 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.2Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ciudad Bolívar

In seasonPeak

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

Ciudad Bolívar's monsoon runs May–September, 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 Ciudad Bolívar?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ciudad Bolívar.

What to pack for Ciudad Bolívar in May

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

In May, Ciudad Bolívar sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ciudad Bolívar 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 Ciudad Bolívar peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 19UV 14Dec 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Ciudad Bolívar 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 Ciudad Bolívar is worst in April — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1626 µg/m³Nov 2012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ciudad Bolívar?

Ciudad Bolívar sits at 8.1°N, 63.5°W, 73 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Soledad, 5.0 km away.

Ciudad GuayanaSan José de GuanipaEl TigreUpataTembladorLa Paragua

Topography around Ciudad Bolívar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad Bolívar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 40 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 768 m.

The land around Ciudad Bolívar is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
140 m
80 km
768 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Soledad 5.0 km · Ciudad Piar 79 km · Ciudad Guayana 103 km · San José de Guanipa 109 km · El Tigre 115 km · Upata 126 km · Temblador 139 km · La Paragua 145 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 Ciudad Bolívar (8.1237°, -63.5469°, elevation 73 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).