Climate averages 1991–2020
Florencia weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Florencia: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (56 km away). In May its highs average 22.1°C, 3.7°C cooler than Florencia, with 307 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Florencia ranks 28th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 26th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Florencia is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 244 mm to 240 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
Florencia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 86 | 14.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 126 | 16.3 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 193 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 239 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 25.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 244 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 240 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| July | 24.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 212 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| August | 26.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 121 | 17.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 108 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 164 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 202 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 143 | 21.2 | 12.012 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
- Pitalito in MayColombia · 56 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.1°C · 307 mm rain
- Popayán in MayColombia · 145 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 197 mm rain
- Neiva in MayColombia · 151 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Pasto in MayColombia · 191 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Cali in MayColombia · 226 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 210 mm rain
- Yumbo in MayColombia · 240 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Ipiales in MayColombia · 243 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 200 mm rain
- Tulcán in MayEcuador · 251 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 200 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 Florencia) is explained once on the Florencia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.