Climate averages 1991–2020
Magangué weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Magangué: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 288 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sincelejo (70 km away). In May its highs average 29.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Magangué, with 292 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Magangué ranks joint 8th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 31st of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Magangué is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 288 mm to 244 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
Magangué climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 26 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 29 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 72 | 14.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 185 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 288 | 29.0 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 244 | 26.2 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 199 | 25.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 231 | 26.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 249 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 255 | 29.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 180 | 25.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 74 | 15.6 | 11.612 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
- Sincelejo in MayColombia · 70 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 292 mm rain
- Cereté in MayColombia · 120 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 262 mm rain
- Montería in MayColombia · 135 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 286 mm rain
- Cartagena in MayColombia · 152 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in MayColombia · 156 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 208 mm rain
- Montelíbano in MayColombia · 158 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 224 mm rain
- Aguachica in MayColombia · 163 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 408 mm rain
- Soledad in MayColombia · 186 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 166 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 Magangué) is explained once on the Magangué year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.