Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de la Sierra weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Santa Cruz de la Sierra: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montero (50 km away). In May its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 20.3°C; Santa Cruz de la Sierra is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 53 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
Santa Cruz de la Sierra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 172 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 141 | 16.8 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 118 | 14.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 65 | 10.7 | 11.712 h |
| May, selected | 24.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 61 | 10.4 | 11.311 h |
| June | 23.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 53 | 8.9 | 11.111 h |
| July | 23.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 44 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| August | 26.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 44 | 5.3 | 11.512 h |
| September | 28.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 65 | 7.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 85 | 10.5 | 12.512 h |
| November | 29.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 118 | 13.1 | 12.913 h |
| December | 29.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 165 | 17.8 | 13.213 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
- Montero in MayBolivia · 50 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Sucre in MayBolivia · 260 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Sacaba in MayBolivia · 306 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Cochabamba in MayBolivia · 319 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Quillacollo in MayBolivia · 331 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Potosí in MayBolivia · 337 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Trinidad in MayBolivia · 376 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Oruro in MayBolivia · 414 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 7.3 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is explained once on the Santa Cruz de la Sierra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.