Punta de Mata weather in May

In May, Punta de Mata sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 75 mm of rain across 15.5 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Punta de Mata's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Punta de Mata's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
15.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:27 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover
73%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Punta de Mata is city in Monagas, Venezuela.

Density
642/km²
people per km²

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 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Punta de Mata reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Punta de Mata

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.

Punta de Mata weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°237.511.54.9
Feb31° / 22°176.411.74.6
Mar32° / 23°196.111.94.0
Apr33° / 23°328.112.23.4
May33° / 24°7515.512.43.1
Jun31° / 23°11724.312.62.9
Jul31° / 23°11324.712.53.0
Aug32° / 23°11023.212.32.9
Sep33° / 23°881912.12.9
Oct33° / 23°6616.811.83.0
Nov32° / 23°6616.711.63.4
Dec31° / 23°4412.811.44.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33169
43070
53070
62872
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Punta de Mata gets around 75 mm of rain over 15.5 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 51% and peaks near 68% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
139
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341
442
542
643
744
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1750
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1951
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2253
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2761
2862
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3066
3168

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 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1146521
2145531
3144541
4143551
5142561
6140581
7139591
8138601
9137611
10136612
11135622
12133642
13132652
14131662
15130672
16129682
17028693
18028693
19027703
20026713
21025723
22024733
23022753
24021763
25020773
26019783
27018793
28017803
29016813
30015823
31014842

Wind in May

Winds average 10 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
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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 30 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 5:32 AM to 5:26 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 5:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:325:52
212.35:315:52
312.45:315:52
412.45:305:52
512.45:305:52
612.45:305:52
712.45:305:52
812.45:295:53
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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 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.29 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.17 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
304.9Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Punta de Mata

In seasonPeak

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

Punta de Mata'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 Punta de Mata?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Punta de Mata.

What to pack for Punta de Mata in May

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

In May, Punta de Mata sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Punta de Mata 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 Punta de Mata peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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 highMar 19UV 13Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Punta de Mata 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 Punta de Mata is worst in June — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateJun 1735 µg/m³Jan 1322 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May33Moderate
Jun35Poor
Jul33Moderate
Aug33Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Punta de Mata?

Punta de Mata sits at 9.7°N, 63.6°W, 246 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Caicara, 14 km away.

CariacoCantauraCasanayAnaco

Topography around Punta de Mata

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Punta de Mata has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 231 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 232 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,568 m.

The land around Punta de Mata is covered by grassland (53%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and grassland (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
232 m
80 km
2,568 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
May weather nearby: Caicara 14 km · Maturín 47 km · Cumanacoa 71 km · Caripito 73 km · Cariaco 90 km · Cantaura 93 km · Casanay 93 km · Anaco 98 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 Punta de Mata (9.6913°, -63.6092°, elevation 246 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).