Ciudad Ojeda weather in May

In May, Ciudad Ojeda sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 269 mm of rain across 29.1 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ciudad Ojeda's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciudad Ojeda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
26°
10th coldest
Rainfall
269 mm
29.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:58 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
90%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Ciudad Ojeda is city in Venezuela.

Density
246/km²
people per km²
Founded
1941

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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Ciudad Ojeda reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°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 Ciudad Ojeda

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
10 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.

Ciudad Ojeda weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 25°277.311.54.4
Feb33° / 25°317.511.74.0
Mar32° / 26°7814.111.93.4
Apr32° / 26°17324.312.22.6
May31° / 26°26929.112.52.3
Jun32° / 26°22227.612.62.3
Jul32° / 26°19228.912.52.2
Aug32° / 26°22630.112.32.0
Sep32° / 26°23929.412.12.0
Oct31° / 26°23930.411.82.2
Nov31° / 25°17326.311.52.7
Dec32° / 25°6814.911.43.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
4892
5793
6793
7793
8694
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12694
13793
14793
15793
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19793
20892
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281387
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311585

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ciudad Ojeda gets around 269 mm of rain over 29.1 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 93% and peaks near 94% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
190
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491
591
692
792
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1093
1193
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1594
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2794
2894
2994
3094
3194

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 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12476
22377
32278
42179
52179
62080
71981
81882
91783
101684
111684
121585
131486
141486
151387
161387
171387
181387
191387
201387
211387
221387
231387
241486
251486
261486
271585
281585
291585
301585
311684

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
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126calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:026:23
212.46:016:23
312.46:016:23
412.46:016:23
512.46:006:24
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712.46:006:24
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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 4.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.58 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.92 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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94.9Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ciudad Ojeda?

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

2.3
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ciudad Ojeda in May

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

In May, Ciudad Ojeda sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ciudad Ojeda 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 Ciudad Ojeda peaks around February 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 22UV 13Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Ciudad Ojeda 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 Ojeda is worst in May — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMay 2229 µg/m³Dec 2311 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb15Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May29Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ciudad Ojeda?

Ciudad Ojeda sits at 10.2°N, 71.3°W, 6 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Tía Juana, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Ciudad Ojeda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad Ojeda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,077 m.

The land around Ciudad Ojeda is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) within 3 km, water (45%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and water (37%), grassland (33%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
128 m
80 km
2,077 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: Tía Juana 8.0 km · Lagunillas 10 km · Cabimas 27 km · Santa Rita 43 km · Chiquinquirá 45 km · Concepción 47 km · San Timoteo 53 km · Mene Grande 58 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 Ojeda (10.2016°, -71.3148°, elevation 6 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).