Climate averages 1991–2020
Neiva weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Neiva: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (147 km away). In May its highs average 22.1°C, 6.7°C cooler than Neiva, with 307 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Neiva ranks 20th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Neiva is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 152 mm to 67 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
Neiva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 67 | 11.1 | 12.012 h |
| February | 30.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 83 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 173 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 207 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 152 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 67 | 16.5 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 43 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| August | 30.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 29 | 6.9 | 12.212 h |
| September | 31.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 63 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 152 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 173 | 22.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 97 | 16.8 | 12.012 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
- Pitalito in MayColombia · 147 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.1°C · 307 mm rain
- Cali in MayColombia · 149 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 210 mm rain
- Florencia in MayColombia · 151 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 244 mm rain
- Yumbo in MayColombia · 153 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Popayán in MayColombia · 158 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 197 mm rain
- Ibagué in MayColombia · 168 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 339 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in MayColombia · 187 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 204 mm rain
- Soacha in MayColombia · 218 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 185 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 Neiva) is explained once on the Neiva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.