Climate averages 1991–2020
Zárate weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Zárate: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Campana (10 km away). In May its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Zárate, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Zárate ranks joint 30th of 67 for the warmest May highs and joint 53rd of 67 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 67 cities is 18.0°C; Zárate is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 56 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
Zárate climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 95 | 7.7 | 14.114 h |
| February | 27.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 110 | 8.7 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 108 | 7.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 103 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| May, selected | 18.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 70 | 5.8 | 10.410 h |
| June | 15.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 56 | 6.2 | 9.910 h |
| July | 14.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 59 | 5.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 69 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 75 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 131 | 9.3 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 103 | 7.7 | 13.914 h |
| December | 28.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 104 | 8.7 | 14.414 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
- Campana in MayArgentina · 10 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Pilar in MayArgentina · 42 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 66 mm rain
- José C. Paz in MayArgentina · 52 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Luján in MayArgentina · 53 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Don Torcuato in MayArgentina · 57 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 65 mm rain
- San Miguel, Argentina in MayArgentina · 57 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Bella Vista in MayArgentina · 61 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Moreno in MayArgentina · 64 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 62 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 Zárate) is explained once on the Zárate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.