Climate averages 1991–2020
Caguas weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Caguas: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carolina (19 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Caguas, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Puerto Rico, Caguas ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 29.9°C; Caguas is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 99 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
Caguas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 49 | 15.7 | 11.211 h |
| February | 27.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 39 | 13.1 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 55 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 86 | 17.7 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 29.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 141 | 21.9 | 13.013 h |
| June | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 99 | 20.8 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 110 | 21.7 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 127 | 23.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 168 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 156 | 24.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 124 | 22.3 | 11.311 h |
| December | 27.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 58 | 16.5 | 11.111 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
- Carolina in MayPuerto Rico · 19 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 112 mm rain
- Bayamón in MayPuerto Rico · 22 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 106 mm rain
- San Juan in MayPuerto Rico · 27 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Ponce in MayPuerto Rico · 66 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Arecibo in MayPuerto Rico · 75 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 165 mm rain
- Mayagüez in MayPuerto Rico · 115 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Punta Cana in MayDominican Republic · 252 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Salvaleón de Higüey in MayDominican Republic · 284 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 98 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 Caguas) is explained once on the Caguas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.