Climate averages 1991–2020
Socopó weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Socopó: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th 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 Mérida, Venezuela (54 km away). In May its highs average 24.4°C, 3.9°C cooler than Socopó, with 224 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Socopó ranks joint 54th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 49th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Socopó is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 195 mm to 239 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
Socopó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 19 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 61 | 8.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 151 | 15.8 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 195 | 18.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 27.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 239 | 21.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 271 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 239 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 145 | 20.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 105 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 86 | 10.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.712 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
- Mérida, Venezuela in MayVenezuela · 54 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in MayVenezuela · 58 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Arauca in MayColombia · 128 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 324 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in MayVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 350 mm rain
- Guanare in MayVenezuela · 150 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 239 mm rain
- Táriba in MayVenezuela · 161 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 112 mm rain
- San Timoteo in MayVenezuela · 176 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 263 mm rain
- Rubio in MayVenezuela · 179 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 112 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 Socopó) is explained once on the Socopó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.