Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Guayana weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ciudad Guayana: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Upata (45 km away). In May its highs average 31.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ciudad Guayana, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Ciudad Guayana ranks 10th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Ciudad Guayana is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 165 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 Guayana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 11 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 32 | 4.9 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 106 | 12.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 165 | 20.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 191 | 24.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 161 | 22.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 112 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 89 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 85 | 15.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 48 | 10.2 | 11.612 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
- Upata in MayVenezuela · 45 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Tucupita in MayVenezuela · 102 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Ciudad Bolívar in MayVenezuela · 103 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 139 mm rain
- Maturín in MayVenezuela · 166 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 85 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in MayVenezuela · 178 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 93 mm rain
- El Tigre in MayVenezuela · 187 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Anaco in MayVenezuela · 233 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Carúpano in MayVenezuela · 266 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 32 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 Guayana) is explained once on the Ciudad Guayana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.