Colón weather in May

In May, Colón sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 222 mm of rain across 17.6 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Colón's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Colón's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 222 mm; 17.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:04 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 92%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Colón is human settlement in Venezuela.

Density: 129/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Colón reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

Colón weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 17°	251	20.6	11.6	5.2
Feb	26° / 17°	282	20.1	11.7	4.8
Mar	26° / 18°	419	24.6	11.9	4.3
Apr	27° / 18°	403	22.7	12.2	4.2
May	27° / 19°	222	17.6	12.4	4.9
Jun	27° / 19°	97	12.3	12.5	5.5
Jul	28° / 19°	82	10.9	12.4	5.7
Aug	28° / 19°	110	10.1	12.3	5.4
Sep	28° / 19°	179	14	12	4.8
Oct	27° / 18°	334	22	11.8	4.4
Nov	26° / 18°	409	24.7	11.6	4.1
Dec	26° / 17°	303	21.1	11.5	4.9

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 3% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Cloudier (%)	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Colón gets around 222 mm of rain over 17.6 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 56% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	66	66	65	65	64	63	62	62	61	60	59	57	56	55	55	54	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	50	49	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	65
4	65
5	64
6	63
7	62
8	62
9	61
10	60
11	59
12	57
13	56
14	55
15	55
16	54
17	53
18	53
19	52
20	52
21	52
22	52
23	52
24	52
25	52
26	52
27	51
28	51
29	50
30	49
31	48

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 38% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8
Humid (%)	49	49	49	49	50	51	51	51	52	53	54	54	55	56	57	58	58	59	60	61	62	62	63	63	64	65	66	66	67	68	69
Muggy (%)	49	48	48	47	47	46	46	45	44	43	42	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	23

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	49	49
2	3	49	48
3	3	49	48
4	3	49	47
5	3	50	47
6	3	51	46
7	3	51	46
8	4	51	45
9	4	52	44
10	4	53	43
11	4	54	42
12	4	54	42
13	4	55	41
14	4	56	40
15	4	57	39
16	4	58	38
17	5	58	37
18	5	59	36
19	5	60	35
20	5	61	34
21	5	62	33
22	5	62	33
23	5	63	32
24	6	63	31
25	6	64	30
26	6	65	29
27	6	66	28
28	7	66	27
29	7	67	26
30	7	68	25
31	8	69	23

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	5	calm
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31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 6:08 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:29 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:08	6:25
2	12.3	6:08	6:25
3	12.3	6:07	6:25
4	12.3	6:07	6:25
5	12.3	6:07	6:25
6	12.3	6:06	6:25
7	12.3	6:06	6:25
8	12.3	6:06	6:25
9	12.3	6:06	6:25
10	12.3	6:05	6:25
11	12.3	6:05	6:26
12	12.3	6:05	6:26
13	12.3	6:05	6:26
14	12.4	6:05	6:26
15	12.4	6:04	6:26
16	12.4	6:04	6:26
17	12.4	6:04	6:26
18	12.4	6:04	6:27
19	12.4	6:04	6:27
20	12.4	6:04	6:27
21	12.4	6:04	6:27
22	12.4	6:04	6:27
23	12.4	6:04	6:28
24	12.4	6:04	6:28
25	12.4	6:04	6:28
26	12.4	6:04	6:28
27	12.4	6:03	6:28
28	12.4	6:03	6:29
29	12.4	6:04	6:29
30	12.4	6:04	6:29
31	12.4	6:04	6:29

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.94 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
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23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Colón?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Colón for sightseeing.

What to pack for Colón in May

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

In May, Colón sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Colón 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 Colón peaks around February 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	14	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Colón 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 Colón is worst in March — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 17 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	19	25	35	31	25	22	20	20	21	20	19	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	35	Moderate
Apr	31	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Colón?

Colón sits at 8.0°N, 72.3°W, 805 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Michelena, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Colón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Colón has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 788 m around an average of 829 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,681 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,839 m.

The land around Colón is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, trees (56%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

788 m

trees 47%

16 km

2,681 m

trees 56%

80 km

3,839 m

trees 59%

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← April Colón year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Michelena 9.0 km · La Fría 20 km · Palmira 22 km · Capacho Nuevo 24 km · Ureña 24 km · Táriba 24 km · San Cristóbal 30 km · Cúcuta 30 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

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 Colón (8.0312°, -72.2605°, elevation 805 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	65
4	65
5	64
6	63
7	62
8	62
9	61
10	60
11	59
12	57
13	56
14	55
15	55
16	54
17	53
18	53
19	52
20	52
21	52
22	52
23	52
24	52
25	52
26	52
27	51
28	51
29	50
30	49
31	48

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	49	49
2	3	49	48
3	3	49	48
4	3	49	47
5	3	50	47
6	3	51	46
7	3	51	46
8	4	51	45
9	4	52	44
10	4	53	43
11	4	54	42
12	4	54	42
13	4	55	41
14	4	56	40
15	4	57	39
16	4	58	38
17	5	58	37
18	5	59	36
19	5	60	35
20	5	61	34
21	5	62	33
22	5	62	33
23	5	63	32
24	6	63	31
25	6	64	30
26	6	65	29
27	6	66	28
28	7	66	27
29	7	67	26
30	7	68	25
31	8	69	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	65
4	65
5	64
6	63
7	62
8	62
9	61
10	60
11	59
12	57
13	56
14	55
15	55
16	54
17	53
18	53
19	52
20	52
21	52
22	52
23	52
24	52
25	52
26	52
27	51
28	51
29	50
30	49
31	48

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	49	49
2	3	49	48
3	3	49	48
4	3	49	47
5	3	50	47
6	3	51	46
7	3	51	46
8	4	51	45
9	4	52	44
10	4	53	43
11	4	54	42
12	4	54	42
13	4	55	41
14	4	56	40
15	4	57	39
16	4	58	38
17	5	58	37
18	5	59	36
19	5	60	35
20	5	61	34
21	5	62	33
22	5	62	33
23	5	63	32
24	6	63	31
25	6	64	30
26	6	65	29
27	6	66	28
28	7	66	27
29	7	67	26
30	7	68	25
31	8	69	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	65
4	65
5	64
6	63
7	62
8	62
9	61
10	60
11	59
12	57
13	56
14	55
15	55
16	54
17	53
18	53
19	52
20	52
21	52
22	52
23	52
24	52
25	52
26	52
27	51
28	51
29	50
30	49
31	48

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	49	49
2	3	49	48
3	3	49	48
4	3	49	47
5	3	50	47
6	3	51	46
7	3	51	46
8	4	51	45
9	4	52	44
10	4	53	43
11	4	54	42
12	4	54	42
13	4	55	41
14	4	56	40
15	4	57	39
16	4	58	38
17	5	58	37
18	5	59	36
19	5	60	35
20	5	61	34
21	5	62	33
22	5	62	33
23	5	63	32
24	6	63	31
25	6	64	30
26	6	65	29
27	6	66	28
28	7	66	27
29	7	67	26
30	7	68	25
31	8	69	23