Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabanalarga weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sabanalarga: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 208 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soledad (36 km away). In May its highs average 29.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Sabanalarga, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Sabanalarga ranks 4th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Sabanalarga is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 208 mm to 175 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
Sabanalarga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 6.6 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 4.7 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 80 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 208 | 25.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 175 | 22.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 137 | 20.2 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 197 | 24.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 251 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 277 | 28.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 182 | 23.4 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 52 | 8.9 | 11.512 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
- Soledad in MayColombia · 36 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Barranquilla in MayColombia · 41 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Cartagena in MayColombia · 68 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Ciénaga in MayColombia · 85 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 305 mm rain
- Santa Marta in MayColombia · 104 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 128 mm rain
- Magangué in MayColombia · 156 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 288 mm rain
- Sincelejo in MayColombia · 156 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 292 mm rain
- Valledupar in MayColombia · 183 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 336 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 Sabanalarga) is explained once on the Sabanalarga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.