Climate averages 1991–2020
Quibdó weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Quibdó: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 753 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caldas (122 km away). In May its highs average 22.3°C, 6.1°C cooler than Quibdó, with 347 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Quibdó ranks 21st of 46 for the warmest May highs and 46th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Quibdó is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 753 mm to 797 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
Quibdó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 388 | 26.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 324 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 467 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 609 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 28.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 753 | 30.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 797 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 744 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 818 | 30.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 754 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 866 | 29.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 812 | 28.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 610 | 27.7 | 11.812 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
- Caldas in MayColombia · 122 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 347 mm rain
- Medellín in MayColombia · 135 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 337 mm rain
- Bello in MayColombia · 141 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 337 mm rain
- Rionegro in MayColombia · 151 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 272 mm rain
- Ibagué in MayColombia · 213 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 339 mm rain
- Chigorodó in MayColombia · 220 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 444 mm rain
- La Dorada in MayColombia · 222 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Yumbo in MayColombia · 235 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 210 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 Quibdó) is explained once on the Quibdó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.