Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciénaga weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ciénaga: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 305 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Marta (26 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ciénaga, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ciénaga ranks joint 17th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 34th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Ciénaga is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 305 mm to 220 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
Ciénaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 21 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 40 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 140 | 17.6 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 305 | 25.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 220 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 183 | 19.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 225 | 22.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 309 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 394 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 287 | 24.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 87 | 12.4 | 11.511 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
- Santa Marta in MayColombia · 26 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 128 mm rain
- Soledad in MayColombia · 57 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Barranquilla in MayColombia · 58 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in MayColombia · 85 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 208 mm rain
- Valledupar in MayColombia · 124 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 336 mm rain
- Cartagena in MayColombia · 152 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Riohacha in MayColombia · 158 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Magangué in MayColombia · 204 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 288 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 Ciénaga) is explained once on the Ciénaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.