Climate averages 1991–2020
Yopal weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 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 Yopal: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 227 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sogamoso (73 km away). In May its highs average 19.3°C, 7.2°C cooler than Yopal, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Yopal ranks 26th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 25th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Yopal is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 227 mm to 221 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
Yopal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 54 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 165 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 26.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 227 | 26.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 25.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 221 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 188 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 21.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 94 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 118 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 100 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 27 | 5.8 | 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
- Sogamoso in MayColombia · 73 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 135 mm rain
- Duitama in MayColombia · 89 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in MayColombia · 182 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Villavicencio in MayColombia · 191 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 167 mm rain
- Chía in MayColombia · 192 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Bogotá in MayColombia · 204 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Soacha in MayColombia · 219 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in MayColombia · 245 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 204 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 Yopal) is explained once on the Yopal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.