Ciudad Guayana weather in May

In May, Ciudad Guayana sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 106 mm of rain across 12.6 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-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 12% 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 Guayana's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciudad Guayana's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
106 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:25 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover
73%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Ciudad Guayana is city in Bolívar, Venezuela.

Density
2,383/km²
people per km²
Founded
1961

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 Ciudad Guayana reaches about 33°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 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 Guayana

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 Guayana weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°234.411.64.9
Feb32° / 23°112.211.74.6
Mar33° / 23°111.911.93.8
Apr34° / 24°324.912.23.1
May33° / 24°10612.612.43.0
Jun32° / 24°16520.612.53.0
Jul31° / 23°19124.412.43.0
Aug32° / 24°16122.812.33.0
Sep33° / 24°11217.3123.0
Oct33° / 24°891611.83.0
Nov32° / 24°851611.63.3
Dec31° / 23°4810.211.54.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33466
43367
53367
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73268
83169
93070
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ciudad Guayana gets around 106 mm of rain over 12.6 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 40% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
126
226
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428
529
630
731
832
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1034
1135
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1538
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1740
1840
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2144
2246
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2651
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3056
3157

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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1243497
2242507
3241507
4239518
5138538
6137539
71365310
81355410
91335610
101325611
111315711
121305712
131295812
141285912
151275913
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171256113
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Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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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189calm
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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 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 5:29 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 5:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:295:46
212.35:295:47
312.35:285:47
412.35:285:47
512.35:285:47
612.35:285:47
712.35:275:47
812.35:275:47
912.35:275:47
1012.35:275:47
1112.45:265:47
1212.45:265:48
1312.45:265:48
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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 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.78 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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255.1Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ciudad Guayana

In seasonPeak

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

Ciudad Guayana'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 Ciudad Guayana?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ciudad Guayana in May

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

In May, Ciudad Guayana sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ciudad Guayana 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 Guayana peaks around March 19 at about 14 (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 19UV 14Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Ciudad Guayana 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 Guayana 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 1726 µg/m³Nov 1912 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ciudad Guayana?

Ciudad Guayana sits at 8.4°N, 62.6°W, 103 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Upata, 45 km away.

TucupitaCiudad BolívarSoledadCiudad PiarGuasipati

Topography around Ciudad Guayana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad Guayana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 79 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 326 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 723 m.

The land around Ciudad Guayana is covered by artificial surfaces (78%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and trees (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
111 m
16 km
326 m
80 km
723 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Upata 45 km · Barrancas 62 km · Temblador 73 km · Tucupita 102 km · Ciudad Bolívar 103 km · Soledad 104 km · Ciudad Piar 125 km · Guasipati 127 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 Guayana (8.3512°, -62.641°, 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).