San Fernando de Apure weather in May

In May, San Fernando de Apure sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 243 mm of rain across 22.4 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-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 6% 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 San Fernando de Apure's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Fernando de Apure's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
243 mm
22.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:45 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover
84%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

San Fernando de Apure is city of Venezuela.

Density
38/km²
people per km²
Founded
1788

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 San Fernando de Apure reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in San Fernando de Apure

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.

San Fernando de Apure weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 25°8111.63.2
Feb36° / 25°51.211.72.6
Mar36° / 26°223.311.92.0
Apr35° / 26°12112.812.22.1
May33° / 25°24322.412.42.4
Jun31° / 24°27925.812.42.6
Jul31° / 23°27027.612.42.6
Aug32° / 24°23926.912.32.5
Sep32° / 24°18223.6122.5
Oct33° / 24°14821.811.82.6
Nov33° / 24°8413.711.63.1
Dec34° / 25°224.711.53.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
31585
41585
51585
61486
71387
81387
91387
101486
111486
121387
131387
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311585

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

San Fernando de Apure gets around 243 mm of rain over 22.4 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 71% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
163
264
365
466
567
668
768
869
970
1070
1170
1270
1370
1470
1570
1670
1770
1870
1971
2071
2172
2273
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2474
2575
2676
2777
2877
2978
3079
3180

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 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14145923
24145824
34135726
44125727
54125628
63115630
73105631
83105532
9395533
10285634
11285436
12275437
13265438
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
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286calm
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316calm

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 5:49 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:496:05
212.35:496:05
312.35:486:05
412.35:486:05
512.35:486:06
612.35:476:06
712.35:476:06
812.35:476:06
912.35:476:06
1012.35:466:06
1112.35:466:06
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1512.45:466:07
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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 4.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.34 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.75 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.6Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for San Fernando de Apure

In seasonPeak

In May, San Fernando de Apure sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

San Fernando de Apure's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit San Fernando de Apure?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in San Fernando de Apure.

What to pack for San Fernando de Apure in May

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

In May, San Fernando de Apure sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in San Fernando de Apure 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 San Fernando de Apure peaks around March 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 15UV 13Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in San Fernando de Apure 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 San Fernando de Apure is worst in April — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1829 µg/m³Dec 1911 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is San Fernando de Apure?

San Fernando de Apure sits at 7.9°N, 67.5°W, 28 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Biruaca, 7.0 km away.

AchaguasCalabozoCaicara del OrinocoEl SombreroPuerto CarreñoEl Pao

Topography around San Fernando de Apure

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San Fernando de Apure.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Fernando de Apure has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 44 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m.

The land around San Fernando de Apure is covered by grassland (39%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (72%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
28 m
80 km
49 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Biruaca 7.0 km · Camaguán 28 km · Achaguas 84 km · Calabozo 115 km · Caicara del Orinoco 146 km · El Sombrero 173 km · Puerto Carreño 189 km · El Pao 208 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 San Fernando de Apure (7.8896°, -67.4718°, elevation 28 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).