Climate averages 1991–2020
Porlamar weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Porlamar: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cumaná (64 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 2.6°C warmer than Porlamar, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Porlamar ranks 60th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Porlamar is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 27 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
Porlamar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 35 | 11.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 26.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 18 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 26.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 14 | 3.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 8.3 | 2.1 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 27.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 13 | 3.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 27 | 8.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 43 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 42 | 12.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 36 | 10.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 42 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 66 | 15.5 | 11.612 h |
| December | 26.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 60 | 15.2 | 11.511 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
- Cumaná in MayVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Carúpano in MayVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Maturín in MayVenezuela · 154 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Anaco in MayVenezuela · 182 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 71 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in MayVenezuela · 232 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 93 mm rain
- El Tigre in MayVenezuela · 234 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Zaraza in MayVenezuela · 239 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 134 mm rain
- Port of Spain in MayTrinidad and Tobago · 259 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 46 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 Porlamar) is explained once on the Porlamar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.