Climate averages 1991–2020
Montería weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Montería: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 286 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cereté (18 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Montería, with 262 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Montería ranks joint 5th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 30th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Montería is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 286 mm to 252 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
Montería climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 38 | 10.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 71 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 179 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 286 | 29.5 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 252 | 28.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 254 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 242 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 243 | 29.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 245 | 29.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 184 | 27.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 103 | 21.1 | 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
- Cereté in MayColombia · 18 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 262 mm rain
- Sincelejo in MayColombia · 82 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 292 mm rain
- Montelíbano in MayColombia · 100 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 224 mm rain
- Apartadó in MayColombia · 127 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 258 mm rain
- Magangué in MayColombia · 135 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 288 mm rain
- Chigorodó in MayColombia · 149 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 444 mm rain
- Cartagena in MayColombia · 188 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in MayColombia · 234 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 208 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 Montería) is explained once on the Montería year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.