Climate averages 1991–2020
La Dorada weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in La Dorada: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 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 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (87 km away). In May its highs average 18.5°C, 12.8°C cooler than La Dorada, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, La Dorada ranks 3rd of 46 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; La Dorada is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 119 mm to 35 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
La Dorada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 67 | 12.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 80 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 151 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 31.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 119 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 35 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 31 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 33.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 48 | 8.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 33.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 110 | 15.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 211 | 22.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 224 | 23.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 116 | 17.2 | 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 · 87 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Chía in MayColombia · 94 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Soacha in MayColombia · 108 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Rionegro in MayColombia · 111 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 272 mm rain
- Bogotá in MayColombia · 113 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Ibagué in MayColombia · 127 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 339 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in MayColombia · 128 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 204 mm rain
- Caldas in MayColombia · 129 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 347 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 La Dorada) is explained once on the La Dorada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.