Lagunillas weather in May

In May, Lagunillas 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 Lagunillas's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lagunillas'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; 5:57 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

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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 Lagunillas 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.

	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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	26
2	32	26
3	32	26
4	32	26
5	32	26
6	32	26
7	31	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	31	26
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24	31	26
25	31	26
26	31	26
27	31	26
28	31	26
29	31	26
30	31	26
31	31	26

How May really feels in Lagunillas

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

10 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lagunillas 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 25°	27	7.3	11.5	4.4
Feb	33° / 25°	31	7.5	11.7	4.0
Mar	32° / 26°	78	14.1	11.9	3.4
Apr	32° / 26°	173	24.3	12.2	2.6
May	31° / 26°	269	29.1	12.5	2.3
Jun	32° / 26°	222	27.6	12.6	2.3
Jul	32° / 26°	192	28.9	12.5	2.2
Aug	32° / 26°	226	30.1	12.3	2.0
Sep	32° / 26°	239	29.4	12.1	2.0
Oct	31° / 26°	239	30.4	11.8	2.2
Nov	31° / 25°	173	26.3	11.5	2.7
Dec	32° / 25°	68	14.9	11.4	3.7

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%.

	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 (%)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	15
Cloudier (%)	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	91	90	89	88	87	86	86	85

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	7	93
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	15	85

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lagunillas 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.

	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 (%)	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	91
4	91
5	91
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	93
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
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20	94
21	94
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25	94
26	94
27	94
28	94
29	94
30	94
31	94

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.

	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
Oppressive (%)	24	23	22	21	21	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16
Miserable (%)	76	77	78	79	79	80	81	82	83	84	84	85	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	20	80
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	16	84

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.

	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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
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31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

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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.

	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)	12.4	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	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56
Sunset (PM)	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:02	6:23
2	12.4	6:01	6:23
3	12.4	6:01	6:23
4	12.4	6:01	6:23
5	12.4	6:00	6:23
6	12.4	6:00	6:23
7	12.4	6:00	6:24
8	12.4	5:59	6:24
9	12.4	5:59	6:24
10	12.4	5:59	6:24
11	12.4	5:58	6:24
12	12.4	5:58	6:24
13	12.4	5:58	6:25
14	12.4	5:58	6:25
15	12.5	5:58	6:25
16	12.5	5:57	6:25
17	12.5	5:57	6:25
18	12.5	5:57	6:26
19	12.5	5:57	6:26
20	12.5	5:57	6:26
21	12.5	5:57	6:26
22	12.5	5:57	6:26
23	12.5	5:56	6:27
24	12.5	5:56	6:27
25	12.5	5:56	6:27
26	12.5	5:56	6:27
27	12.5	5:56	6:28
28	12.5	5:56	6:28
29	12.5	5:56	6:28
30	12.5	5:56	6:28
31	12.5	5:56	6:29

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.

	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)	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	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
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	5.1	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	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	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
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 Lagunillas?

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 Lagunillas.

What to pack for Lagunillas in May

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

In May, Lagunillas 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 Lagunillas 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 Lagunillas peaks around March 12 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	13	13	12	11	12	11	12	12	11	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Lagunillas 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 Lagunillas 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	15	20	25	29	28	24	20	17	16	14	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Lagunillas?

Lagunillas sits at 10.1°N, 71.3°W, -4 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Ciudad Ojeda, 10 km away.

Topography around Lagunillas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lagunillas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of -2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,051 m.

The land around Lagunillas is covered by grassland (42%) and water (38%) within 3 km, water (41%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and water (38%), grassland (31%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

12 m

grassland 42%

16 km

135 m

water 41%

80 km

2,051 m

water 38%

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

May weather nearby: Ciudad Ojeda 10 km · Tía Juana 18 km · Cabimas 37 km · San Timoteo 43 km · Mene Grande 48 km · Santa Rita 53 km · Chiquinquirá 55 km · Concepción 57 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 Lagunillas (10.1301°, -71.2595°, elevation -4 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	32	26
2	32	26
3	32	26
4	32	26
5	32	26
6	32	26
7	31	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	31	26
12	31	26
13	31	26
14	31	26
15	31	26
16	31	26
17	31	26
18	31	26
19	31	26
20	31	26
21	31	26
22	31	26
23	31	26
24	31	26
25	31	26
26	31	26
27	31	26
28	31	26
29	31	26
30	31	26
31	31	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	7	93
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	91
4	91
5	91
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	93
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	94
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	94
29	94
30	94
31	94

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	20	80
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	16	84

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	26
2	32	26
3	32	26
4	32	26
5	32	26
6	32	26
7	31	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	31	26
12	31	26
13	31	26
14	31	26
15	31	26
16	31	26
17	31	26
18	31	26
19	31	26
20	31	26
21	31	26
22	31	26
23	31	26
24	31	26
25	31	26
26	31	26
27	31	26
28	31	26
29	31	26
30	31	26
31	31	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	7	93
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	91
4	91
5	91
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	93
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	94
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	94
29	94
30	94
31	94

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	20	80
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	16	84

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	26
2	32	26
3	32	26
4	32	26
5	32	26
6	32	26
7	31	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	31	26
12	31	26
13	31	26
14	31	26
15	31	26
16	31	26
17	31	26
18	31	26
19	31	26
20	31	26
21	31	26
22	31	26
23	31	26
24	31	26
25	31	26
26	31	26
27	31	26
28	31	26
29	31	26
30	31	26
31	31	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	7	93
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	91
4	91
5	91
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	93
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	94
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	94
29	94
30	94
31	94

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	20	80
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	16	84