Climate averages 1991–2020
Soacha weather
in May.
A mild, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Soacha: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bogotá (15 km away). In May its highs average 18.0°C, about as warm as Soacha, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Soacha ranks 43rd of 46 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Soacha is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 185 mm to 56 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
Soacha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 209 | 21.9 | 11.912 h |
| February | 18.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 237 | 22.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 18.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 281 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 259 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 185 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 56 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 19.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 37 | 7.3 | 12.412 h |
| August | 20.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 37 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 105 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 236 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 283 | 26.5 | 11.912 h |
| December | 18.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 225 | 23.4 | 11.912 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
- Bogotá in MayColombia · 15 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in MayColombia · 32 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 204 mm rain
- Chía in MayColombia · 36 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in MayColombia · 55 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Villavicencio in MayColombia · 82 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 167 mm rain
- La Dorada in MayColombia · 108 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Ibagué in MayColombia · 110 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 339 mm rain
- Sogamoso in MayColombia · 190 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 135 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 Soacha) is explained once on the Soacha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.