Duaca weather in May

In May, Duaca sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 71 mm of rain across 14.5 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Duaca's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Duaca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
71 mm
14.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:49 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
87%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Duaca reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Duaca

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Duaca weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 19°165.611.56.0
Feb30° / 19°154.911.75.5
Mar30° / 20°427.411.94.9
Apr30° / 20°7114.112.24.2
May30° / 21°7114.512.54.4
Jun29° / 21°4312.112.64.9
Jul29° / 20°3712.412.55.0
Aug30° / 21°298.812.35.1
Sep30° / 21°4011.112.14.5
Oct30° / 21°7114.911.84.2
Nov30° / 20°6814.911.54.4
Dec29° / 20°309.511.45.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Duaca gets around 71 mm of rain over 14.5 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 46% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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949
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1148
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2144
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
177617
277617
367618
467618
567618
657619
757619
847620
947521
1047521
1147422
1247422
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2027523
2127622
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2828018
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3028117
3128216

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 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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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 36 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 5:53 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:536:15
212.45:536:15
312.45:526:15
412.45:526:15
512.45:526:15
612.45:516:15
712.45:516:15
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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 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in August across the year — May's 5.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Duaca?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Duaca for sightseeing.

What to pack for Duaca in May

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

In May, Duaca sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Duaca 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 Duaca peaks around April 9 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 highApr 9UV 13Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Duaca 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 Duaca is worst in June — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 12 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 931 µg/m³Jan 1012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb15Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Duaca?

Duaca sits at 10.3°N, 69.2°W, 733 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Urachiche, 22 km away.

Topography around Duaca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Duaca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 317 m around an average of 756 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,069 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,221 m.

The land around Duaca is covered by trees (35%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, trees (64%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
317 m
16 km
1,069 m
80 km
2,221 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Urachiche 22 km · Sabana de Parra 23 km · Yaritagua 23 km · Los Rastrojos 30 km · Cabudare 31 km · Chivacoa 32 km · Barquisimeto 33 km · Aroa 34 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 Duaca (10.2855°, -69.1624°, elevation 733 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).