Climate averages 1991–2020
Valledupar weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Valledupar: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 336 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Machiques (89 km away). In May its highs average 31.6°C, 4.3°C warmer than Valledupar, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Valledupar ranks joint 23rd of 46 for the warmest May highs and 37th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Valledupar is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 336 mm to 163 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
Valledupar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 103 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 247 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 336 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 163 | 24.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 101 | 19.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 147 | 23.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 207 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 315 | 27.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 308 | 22.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 90 | 11.1 | 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
- Machiques in MayVenezuela · 89 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 155 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in MayVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Ciénaga in MayColombia · 124 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 305 mm rain
- Riohacha in MayColombia · 126 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Santa Marta in MayColombia · 134 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 128 mm rain
- Maicao in MayColombia · 150 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 108 mm rain
- La Concepción in MayVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in MayVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 122 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 Valledupar) is explained once on the Valledupar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.