Climate averages 1991–2020
Cúcuta weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cúcuta: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rubio (28 km away). In May its highs average 26.6°C, 3.7°C cooler than Cúcuta, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cúcuta ranks joint 5th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Cúcuta is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 31 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
Cúcuta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 78 | 14.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 89 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 97 | 12.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 31.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 31 | 6.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 22 | 5.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 32.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 33 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 59 | 10.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 133 | 18.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 181 | 20.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 113 | 16.8 | 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
- Rubio in MayVenezuela · 28 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Táriba in MayVenezuela · 32 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Ocaña in MayColombia · 101 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 293 mm rain
- Aguachica in MayColombia · 130 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 408 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in MayVenezuela · 137 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 350 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in MayVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in MayVenezuela · 165 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in MayColombia · 176 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 390 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 Cúcuta) is explained once on the Cúcuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.