Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos de Bariloche weather
in May.
A cold, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cold month in San Carlos de Bariloche: daytime highs average 7.9°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puerto Montt (141 km away). In May its highs average 12.5°C, 4.7°C warmer than San Carlos de Bariloche, with 261 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, San Carlos de Bariloche ranks joint 66th of 67 for the warmest May highs and 64th of 67 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 67 cities is 18.0°C; San Carlos de Bariloche is 10.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 4.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 172 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
San Carlos de Bariloche climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 31 | 5.2 | 14.815 h |
| February | 19.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 33 | 5.0 | 13.714 h |
| March | 17.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 41 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| April | 12.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 74 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| May, selected | 7.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 119 | 12.9 | 9.910 h |
| June | 4.5°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 172 | 16.0 | 9.39 h |
| July | 3.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 140 | 14.5 | 9.510 h |
| August | 4.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 131 | 14.5 | 10.510 h |
| September | 7.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 68 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| October | 10.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 70 | 10.2 | 13.213 h |
| November | 13.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 52 | 8.3 | 14.414 h |
| December | 17.2°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 47 | 6.8 | 15.115 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
- Puerto Montt in MayChile · 141 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 261 mm rain
- Osorno in MayChile · 166 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 194 mm rain
- Valdivia in MayChile · 221 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 257 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in MayChile · 287 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 187 mm rain
- Temuco in MayChile · 290 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 187 mm rain
- Neuquén in MayArgentina · 369 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Cipolletti in MayArgentina · 374 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 26 mm rain
- General Roca in MayArgentina · 394 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 27 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 San Carlos de Bariloche) is explained once on the San Carlos de Bariloche year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.