Climate averages 1991–2020
Cumaná weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cumaná: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porlamar (64 km away). In May its highs average 27.4°C, 2.6°C cooler than Cumaná, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Cumaná ranks 33rd of 65 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Cumaná is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 38 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
Cumaná climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.8 | 1.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 3.1 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 14 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 16 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 30.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 29 | 6.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 38 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 62 | 15.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 90 | 20.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 71 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 59 | 17.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 49 | 13.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 18 | 5.8 | 11.512 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
- Porlamar in MayVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Carúpano in MayVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Anaco in MayVenezuela · 119 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Maturín in MayVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 85 mm rain
- El Tigre in MayVenezuela · 175 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 93 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in MayVenezuela · 175 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Zaraza in MayVenezuela · 176 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 134 mm rain
- Valle de La Pascua in MayVenezuela · 244 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 147 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 Cumaná) is explained once on the Cumaná year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.