Climate averages 1991–2020
Pitalito weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Pitalito: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 307 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Florencia (56 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, 3.7°C warmer than Pitalito, with 244 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Pitalito ranks 36th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 35th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Pitalito is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 307 mm to 321 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
Pitalito climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 209 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 23.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 237 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 315 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 329 | 29.6 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 22.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 307 | 30.6 | 12.212 h |
| June | 21.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 321 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 316 | 30.3 | 12.212 h |
| August | 21.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 231 | 28.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 200 | 28.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 230 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 218 | 29.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 23.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 227 | 29.1 | 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
- Florencia in MayColombia · 56 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 244 mm rain
- Popayán in MayColombia · 90 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 197 mm rain
- Neiva in MayColombia · 147 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Pasto in MayColombia · 154 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Cali in MayColombia · 183 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 210 mm rain
- Yumbo in MayColombia · 198 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Ipiales in MayColombia · 210 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 200 mm rain
- Tulcán in MayEcuador · 218 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 200 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 Pitalito) is explained once on the Pitalito year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.