Valle de La Pascua weather in May

In May, Valle de La Pascua sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 147 mm of rain across 16.9 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Valle de La Pascua's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Valle de La Pascua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
25°
11th coldest
Rainfall
147 mm
16.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:38 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
78%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Valle de La Pascua is town in Venezuela.

Founded
1785

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 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical May day in Valle de La Pascua reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Valle de La Pascua

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.

Valle de La Pascua weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°51.211.53.6
Feb35° / 23°30.911.73.1
Mar36° / 24°121.911.92.5
Apr36° / 25°617.812.22.2
May34° / 25°14716.912.42.4
Jun32° / 24°19121.612.52.7
Jul31° / 23°19425.212.52.7
Aug32° / 23°19525.812.32.7
Sep32° / 23°14022.112.12.7
Oct33° / 24°1151911.82.9
Nov33° / 24°6612.511.63.2
Dec34° / 23°184.311.53.6

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 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
32476
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62377
72179
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122179
132179
142179
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212278
222377
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312377

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Valle de La Pascua gets around 147 mm of rain over 16.9 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 53% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3164

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 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1842464
2841474
3840475
4839485
5838485
6837496
7836506
8735526
9734527
10734527
11633538
12632548
13632539
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165305510
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303206710
313196810

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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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318calm

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 5:42 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:426:01
212.35:416:01
312.35:416:01
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512.35:406:01
612.45:406:01
712.45:406:01
812.45:396:02
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1212.45:386:02
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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 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.09 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Valle de La Pascua

In seasonPeak

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

Valle de La Pascua'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 Valle de La Pascua?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Valle de La Pascua.

What to pack for Valle de La Pascua in May

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

In May, Valle de La Pascua sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Valle de La Pascua 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 Valle de La Pascua peaks around March 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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 22UV 13Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Valle de La Pascua 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 Valle de La Pascua is worst in April — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1127 µg/m³Jan 1210 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Valle de La Pascua?

Valle de La Pascua sits at 9.2°N, 66.0°W, 189 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Tucupido, 27 km away.

El SombreroSan José de BarloventoClarinesRío Chico

Topography around Valle de La Pascua

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Valle de La Pascua.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Valle de La Pascua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 178 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 833 m.

The land around Valle de La Pascua is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
118 m
80 km
833 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Tucupido 27 km · Chaguaramas 30 km · Zaraza 76 km · Altagracia de Orituco 83 km · El Sombrero 117 km · San José de Barlovento 121 km · Clarines 123 km · Río Chico 123 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 Valle de La Pascua (9.2155°, -66.0073°, elevation 189 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).