Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Bolívar weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ciudad Bolívar: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Guayana (103 km away). In May its highs average 31.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ciudad Bolívar, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar ranks 5th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 31st of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Ciudad Bolívar is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 139 mm to 201 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 Bolívar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 13 | 3.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 32.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 9.6 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 12 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 50 | 6.0 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 32.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 139 | 15.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 201 | 23.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 233 | 25.9 | 12.513 h |
| August | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 221 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 138 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 104 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 74 | 13.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 37 | 8.2 | 11.712 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
- Ciudad Guayana in MayVenezuela · 103 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 106 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in MayVenezuela · 109 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 93 mm rain
- El Tigre in MayVenezuela · 115 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Upata in MayVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Anaco in MayVenezuela · 177 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Maturín in MayVenezuela · 185 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Tucupita in MayVenezuela · 195 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Zaraza in MayVenezuela · 238 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 134 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 Bolívar) is explained once on the Ciudad Bolívar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.