Climate averages 1991–2020
Aguachica weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Aguachica: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 408 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ocaña (30 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, 4.8°C cooler than Aguachica, with 293 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Aguachica ranks 19th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 44th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Aguachica is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 408 mm to 300 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
Aguachica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 30 | 6.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 32.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 39 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 119 | 15.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 265 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 28.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 408 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 300 | 27.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 236 | 26.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 312 | 28.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 348 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 320 | 29.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 233 | 26.2 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 89 | 15.5 | 11.612 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
- Ocaña in MayColombia · 30 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 293 mm rain
- Cúcuta in MayColombia · 130 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in MayColombia · 141 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 390 mm rain
- Rubio in MayVenezuela · 154 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Magangué in MayColombia · 163 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 288 mm rain
- Táriba in MayVenezuela · 163 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 112 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in MayVenezuela · 201 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 350 mm rain
- Montelíbano in MayColombia · 202 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 224 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 Aguachica) is explained once on the Aguachica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.