Climate averages 1991–2020
Santo Domingo de los Colorados weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 2nd 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 252 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibarra (135 km away). In May its highs average 20.1°C, 4.6°C cooler than Santo Domingo de los Colorados, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Santo Domingo de los Colorados ranks 5th of 9 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 9 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 9 cities is 23.3°C; Santo Domingo de los Colorados is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 252 mm to 123 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
Santo Domingo de los Colorados climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 376 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| February | 24.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 407 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 414 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 391 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 24.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 252 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 123 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 23.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 59 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 87 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 118 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 131 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 235 | 26.2 | 12.112 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
- Ibarra in MayEcuador · 135 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in MayEcuador · 145 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Portoviejo in MayEcuador · 168 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Tulcán in MayEcuador · 201 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Ipiales in MayColombia · 209 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 200 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in MayEcuador · 225 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Tumaco in MayColombia · 231 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 404 mm rain
- Pasto in MayColombia · 267 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 181 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados) is explained once on the Santo Domingo de los Colorados year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.