Climate averages 1991–2020
Maicao weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Maicao: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Riohacha (75 km away). In May its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Maicao, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Maicao ranks 1st of 46 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Maicao is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 108 mm to 65 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
Maicao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 10 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 5.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 11 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 41 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 31.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 108 | 14.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 65 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 40 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 92 | 13.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 153 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 184 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 126 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 9.3 | 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
- Riohacha in MayColombia · 75 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 139 mm rain
- La Concepción in MayVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Maracaibo in MayVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in MayVenezuela · 108 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 150 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in MayVenezuela · 117 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in MayVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Cabimas in MayVenezuela · 139 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 271 mm rain
- Valledupar in MayColombia · 150 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 336 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 Maicao) is explained once on the Maicao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.