Climate averages 1991–2020
Villavicencio weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Villavicencio: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bogotá (73 km away). In May its highs average 18.0°C, 8.6°C cooler than Villavicencio, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Villavicencio ranks 25th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Villavicencio is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 167 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
Villavicencio climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 115 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 139 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 221 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 253 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 167 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 26.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 93 | 18.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 83 | 16.9 | 12.312 h |
| August | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 43 | 11.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 45 | 11.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 173 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 252 | 24.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 153 | 20.0 | 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 · 73 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Soacha in MayColombia · 82 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in MayColombia · 85 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 204 mm rain
- Chía in MayColombia · 94 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in MayColombia · 107 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Ibagué in MayColombia · 178 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 339 mm rain
- La Dorada in MayColombia · 186 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Yopal in MayColombia · 191 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 227 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 Villavicencio) is explained once on the Villavicencio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.