Climate averages 1991–2020
Popayán weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Popayán: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (90 km away). In May its highs average 22.1°C, about as warm as Popayán, with 307 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Popayán ranks joint 34th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 18th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Popayán is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 197 mm to 93 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
Popayán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 233 | 21.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 22.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 233 | 21.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 299 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 289 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 22.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 197 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 22.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 93 | 13.9 | 12.312 h |
| July | 22.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 64 | 10.0 | 12.212 h |
| August | 23.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 64 | 9.9 | 12.212 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 145 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 22.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 268 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 21.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 331 | 28.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 21.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 292 | 25.3 | 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 · 90 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.1°C · 307 mm rain
- Cali in MayColombia · 111 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 210 mm rain
- Yumbo in MayColombia · 128 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Florencia in MayColombia · 145 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 244 mm rain
- Pasto in MayColombia · 155 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Neiva in MayColombia · 158 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Ipiales in MayColombia · 213 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 Popayán) is explained once on the Popayán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.