Climate averages 1991–2020
Caldas weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Caldas: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 347 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 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medellín (19 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Caldas, with 337 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Caldas ranks joint 34th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 41st of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Caldas is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 347 mm to 239 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
Caldas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 111 | 18.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 23.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 138 | 19.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 23.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 214 | 25.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 290 | 27.9 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 22.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 347 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 239 | 26.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 23.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 198 | 24.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 24.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 197 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 253 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 302 | 28.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 21.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 275 | 27.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 22.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 169 | 21.9 | 11.812 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
- Medellín in MayColombia · 19 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 337 mm rain
- Bello in MayColombia · 29 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 337 mm rain
- Rionegro in MayColombia · 30 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 272 mm rain
- Quibdó in MayColombia · 122 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 753 mm rain
- La Dorada in MayColombia · 129 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Ibagué in MayColombia · 190 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 339 mm rain
- Chigorodó in MayColombia · 210 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 444 mm rain
- Montelíbano in MayColombia · 211 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 Caldas) is explained once on the Caldas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.