Climate averages 1991–2020
Upata weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Upata: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Guayana (45 km away). In May its highs average 31.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Upata, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Upata ranks 23rd of 65 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Upata is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 140 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
Upata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 36 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 24 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 23 | 5.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 46 | 7.9 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 103 | 15.1 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 140 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 162 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| August | 29.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 154 | 22.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 103 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 94 | 15.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 94 | 16.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 63 | 14.5 | 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
- Ciudad Guayana in MayVenezuela · 45 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Tucupita in MayVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Ciudad Bolívar in MayVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 139 mm rain
- Maturín in MayVenezuela · 210 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 85 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in MayVenezuela · 216 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 93 mm rain
- El Tigre in MayVenezuela · 225 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Anaco in MayVenezuela · 275 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Carúpano in MayVenezuela · 309 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 32 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 Upata) is explained once on the Upata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.