Climate averages 1991–2020
Comodoro Rivadavia weather
in May.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Comodoro Rivadavia: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Trelew (338 km away). In May its highs average 15.8°C, 3.0°C warmer than Comodoro Rivadavia, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Comodoro Rivadavia ranks 65th of 67 for the warmest May highs and joint 11th of 67 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 67 cities is 18.0°C; Comodoro Rivadavia is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Comodoro Rivadavia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 9.6 | 2.7 | 15.315 h |
| February | 22.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 20 | 3.1 | 14.014 h |
| March | 20.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 25 | 3.7 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 22 | 3.5 | 10.811 h |
| May, selected | 12.8°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 29 | 4.9 | 9.59 h |
| June | 9.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 32 | 5.5 | 8.79 h |
| July | 9.1°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 20 | 4.3 | 9.09 h |
| August | 11.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.210 h |
| September | 13.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 21 | 4.4 | 11.712 h |
| October | 16.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 17 | 3.9 | 13.413 h |
| November | 19.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 14 | 3.2 | 14.815 h |
| December | 21.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 13 | 3.0 | 15.616 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Trelew in MayArgentina · 338 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 23 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in MayArgentina · 608 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Río Gallegos in MayArgentina · 654 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Puerto Montt in MayChile · 656 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 261 mm rain
- Osorno in MayChile · 744 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 194 mm rain
- General Roca in MayArgentina · 759 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Neuquén in MayArgentina · 770 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Cipolletti in MayArgentina · 772 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 26 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Comodoro Rivadavia) is explained once on the Comodoro Rivadavia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.