Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos del Zulia weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th 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 San Carlos del Zulia: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 350 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 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ejido (91 km away, marked approximate). In May its highs average 25.4°C, 5.0°C cooler than San Carlos del Zulia, with 224 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Carlos del Zulia ranks joint 29th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 64th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; San Carlos del Zulia is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 350 mm to 299 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
San Carlos del Zulia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 97 | 16.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 99 | 13.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 148 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 273 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 350 | 29.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 299 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 306 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 335 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 326 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 351 | 29.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 331 | 28.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 200 | 24.2 | 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
- Ejido (approximate) in MayVenezuela · 91 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in MayVenezuela · 96 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 224 mm rain
- San Timoteo in MayVenezuela · 129 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 263 mm rain
- Táriba in MayVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Machiques in MayVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Cúcuta in MayColombia · 137 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Socopó in MayVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 195 mm rain
- Ciudad Ojeda in MayVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 269 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 San Carlos del Zulia) is explained once on the San Carlos del Zulia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.