Climate averages 1991–2020
Barrancabermeja weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Barrancabermeja: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 390 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aguachica (141 km away). In May its highs average 28.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Barrancabermeja, with 408 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Barrancabermeja ranks joint 11th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 42nd of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Barrancabermeja is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 390 mm to 341 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
Barrancabermeja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 115 | 16.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 138 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 260 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 357 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 390 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 341 | 26.5 | 12.513 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 304 | 24.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 329 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 393 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 406 | 29.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 394 | 28.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 245 | 23.7 | 11.712 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
- Aguachica in MayColombia · 141 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 408 mm rain
- Ocaña in MayColombia · 141 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 293 mm rain
- Duitama in MayColombia · 165 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Cúcuta in MayColombia · 176 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Rubio in MayVenezuela · 180 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Sogamoso in MayColombia · 181 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 135 mm rain
- Rionegro in MayColombia · 196 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 272 mm rain
- Táriba in MayVenezuela · 199 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 112 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 Barrancabermeja) is explained once on the Barrancabermeja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.