Climate averages 1991–2020
Ocaña weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ocaña: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 293 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aguachica (30 km away). In May its highs average 28.9°C, 4.8°C warmer than Ocaña, with 408 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ocaña ranks joint 32nd of 46 for the warmest May highs and 33rd of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Ocaña is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 293 mm to 168 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
Ocaña climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 22 | 6.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 35 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 25.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 99 | 16.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 200 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 24.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 293 | 25.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 24.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 168 | 19.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 24.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 112 | 16.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 185 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 24.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 253 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 259 | 26.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 163 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 51 | 9.8 | 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
- Aguachica in MayColombia · 30 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 408 mm rain
- Cúcuta in MayColombia · 101 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Rubio in MayVenezuela · 125 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Táriba in MayVenezuela · 133 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in MayColombia · 141 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 390 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in MayVenezuela · 179 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 350 mm rain
- Magangué in MayColombia · 190 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 288 mm rain
- Machiques in MayVenezuela · 221 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 155 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 Ocaña) is explained once on the Ocaña year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.