Guasipati weather in May

In May, Guasipati sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 99 mm of rain across 15.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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 Guasipati's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guasipati's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
99 mm
15.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:24 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover
75%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Guasipati is city in Bolívar, Venezuela.

Density
254/km²
people per km²
Founded
1757

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 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical May day in Guasipati reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Guasipati

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.

Guasipati weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°246.411.64.6
Feb32° / 22°143.811.84.4
Mar33° / 23°17411.93.8
Apr34° / 23°357.112.23.2
May32° / 23°9915.912.33.2
Jun31° / 23°12822.512.43.2
Jul31° / 23°12823.912.43.1
Aug32° / 23°12521.212.23.1
Sep33° / 23°8214.2123.0
Oct34° / 24°7013.211.82.8
Nov33° / 24°6213.811.73.2
Dec31° / 23°3911.311.64.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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

Any precipitation

Guasipati gets around 99 mm of rain over 15.9 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 51% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 96% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1852400
2851410
3750430
4748450
5747460
6646480
7644490
8643510
9542530
10541540
11540541
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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 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light 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 5:27 AM to 5:23 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:275:43
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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 4.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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284.9Bright
294.9Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Guasipati

In seasonPeak

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

Guasipati's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Guasipati?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Guasipati.

What to pack for Guasipati in May

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

In May, Guasipati sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Guasipati 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 Guasipati peaks around March 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 21UV 15Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Guasipati 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 Guasipati is worst in April — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateGoodApr 1922 µg/m³Nov 1712 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct12Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Guasipati?

Guasipati sits at 7.5°N, 61.9°W, 198 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Tumeremo, 48 km away.

El DoradoCiudad GuayanaBarrancasCiudad PiarLa ParaguaTucupita

Topography around Guasipati

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guasipati has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 187 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 736 m.

The land around Guasipati is covered by grassland (62%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (49%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
364 m
80 km
736 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Tumeremo 48 km · Upata 82 km · El Dorado 89 km · Ciudad Guayana 127 km · Barrancas 140 km · Ciudad Piar 157 km · La Paragua 174 km · Tucupita 177 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 Guasipati (7.477°, -61.8967°, elevation 198 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).