Climate averages 1991–2020
Trinidad weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th 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 Trinidad: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sacaba (310 km away). In May its highs average 19.8°C, 7.8°C cooler than Trinidad, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Trinidad ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 20.3°C; Trinidad is 7.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 54 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
Trinidad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 330 | 26.8 | 12.913 h |
| February | 29.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 286 | 23.6 | 12.613 h |
| March | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 234 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 142 | 16.5 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 27.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 84 | 11.0 | 11.411 h |
| June | 27.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 54 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| July | 27.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 41 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| August | 30.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 50 | 6.2 | 11.612 h |
| September | 31.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 106 | 10.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 161 | 16.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 239 | 19.5 | 12.813 h |
| December | 29.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 298 | 25.4 | 13.013 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
- Sacaba in MayBolivia · 310 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Cochabamba in MayBolivia · 314 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Quillacollo in MayBolivia · 320 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Montero in MayBolivia · 330 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in MayBolivia · 376 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 61 mm rain
- La Paz in MayBolivia · 394 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Viacha in MayBolivia · 416 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 0.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Oruro in MayBolivia · 420 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 Trinidad) is explained once on the Trinidad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.