Climate averages 1991–2020
Montelíbano weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Montelíbano: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 224 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 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montería (100 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Montelíbano, with 286 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Montelíbano ranks 10th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 24th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Montelíbano is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 224 mm to 163 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
Montelíbano climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 33 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 33.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 39 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 89 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 169 | 25.3 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 224 | 28.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 163 | 25.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 149 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 161 | 26.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 182 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 206 | 29.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 177 | 27.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 96 | 19.3 | 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
- Montería in MayColombia · 100 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 286 mm rain
- Cereté in MayColombia · 109 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 262 mm rain
- Apartadó in MayColombia · 133 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 258 mm rain
- Chigorodó in MayColombia · 143 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 444 mm rain
- Sincelejo in MayColombia · 147 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 292 mm rain
- Magangué in MayColombia · 158 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 288 mm rain
- Bello in MayColombia · 183 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 337 mm rain
- Medellín in MayColombia · 194 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 337 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 Montelíbano) is explained once on the Montelíbano year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.