Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Ayacucho weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Puerto Ayacucho: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 455 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Biruaca (243 km away). In May its highs average 31.0°C, 2.6°C warmer than Puerto Ayacucho, with 246 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho ranks 53rd of 65 for the warmest May highs and 65th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Puerto Ayacucho is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 455 mm to 494 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
Puerto Ayacucho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 28 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 43 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 120 | 12.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 318 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 28.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 455 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 494 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 449 | 30.3 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 350 | 29.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 300 | 28.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 296 | 29.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 231 | 25.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 102 | 14.3 | 11.812 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
- Biruaca in MayVenezuela · 243 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 246 mm rain
- San Fernando de Apure in MayVenezuela · 248 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 243 mm rain
- Calabozo in MayVenezuela · 363 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 205 mm rain
- Arauca in MayColombia · 385 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 324 mm rain
- Valle de La Pascua in MayVenezuela · 432 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Guanare in MayVenezuela · 444 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 239 mm rain
- Socopó in MayVenezuela · 458 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 195 mm rain
- San Carlos in MayVenezuela · 459 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 194 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 Puerto Ayacucho) is explained once on the Puerto Ayacucho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.