Climate averages 1991–2020
Chía weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: one of the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Chía: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (19 km away). In May its highs average 18.5°C, about as warm as Chía, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Chía ranks 42nd of 46 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Chía is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 39 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
Chía climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 60 | 14.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 19.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 84 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| March | 19.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 140 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 148 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 18.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 96 | 16.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 39 | 10.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 18.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 33 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 19.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 24 | 7.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 34 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 100 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 129 | 20.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 18.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 77 | 15.8 | 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
- Zipaquirá in MayColombia · 19 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Bogotá in MayColombia · 28 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Soacha in MayColombia · 36 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in MayColombia · 67 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 204 mm rain
- La Dorada in MayColombia · 94 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Villavicencio in MayColombia · 94 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 167 mm rain
- Ibagué in MayColombia · 135 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 339 mm rain
- Duitama in MayColombia · 156 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 135 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 Chía) is explained once on the Chía year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.