Climate averages 1991–2020
Zipaquirá weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Zipaquirá: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chía (19 km away). In May its highs average 18.4°C, about as warm as Zipaquirá, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Zipaquirá ranks 41st of 46 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Zipaquirá is 7.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 154 mm to 73 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
Zipaquirá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 65 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| February | 20.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 99 | 16.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 191 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 212 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 154 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 21.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 18.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 63 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 19.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 19.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 77 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 19.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 142 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 157 | 24.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 19.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 90 | 17.7 | 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
- Chía in MayColombia · 19 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Bogotá in MayColombia · 47 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Soacha in MayColombia · 55 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in MayColombia · 86 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 204 mm rain
- La Dorada in MayColombia · 87 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Villavicencio in MayColombia · 107 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 167 mm rain
- Duitama in MayColombia · 140 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Sogamoso in MayColombia · 141 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 Zipaquirá) is explained once on the Zipaquirá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.