Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad del Este weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Ciudad del Este: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Foz do Iguaçu (8 km away). In May its highs average 23.2°C, about as warm as Ciudad del Este, with 162 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Paraguay, Ciudad del Este ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 23.2°C; Ciudad del Este is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 161 mm to 136 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
Ciudad del Este climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 159 | 16.0 | 13.514 h |
| February | 30.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 160 | 14.8 | 13.013 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 146 | 12.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 27.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 142 | 9.4 | 11.512 h |
| May, selected | 23.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 161 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 136 | 9.3 | 10.611 h |
| July | 21.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 119 | 8.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 93 | 7.0 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 157 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 199 | 13.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 162 | 11.9 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 189 | 15.1 | 13.714 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
- Foz do Iguaçu in MayBrazil · 8 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Toledo, Brazil in MayBrazil · 127 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Cascavel in MayBrazil · 135 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Francisco Beltrão in MayBrazil · 172 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 147 mm rain
- Pato Branco in MayBrazil · 214 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Umuarama in MayBrazil · 235 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 140 mm rain
- Encarnación in MayParaguay · 237 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Posadas in MayArgentina · 245 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 143 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 Ciudad del Este) is explained once on the Ciudad del Este year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.