Mar del Plata climate

Mar del Plata Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mar del Plata, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 17°C on May 1 to 14°C on May 31, and lows from 11°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 9 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mar del Plata, in °C, with the record for each date.0510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
15°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
71 mm
Reanalysis high
24°CMay 2, 2009
Reanalysis low
3°CMay 28, 1993
Daylight
10 h 30 min to 9 h 42 min
Cloud cover
61%
Humidity
83%
Dew point
10°C
Wind
20.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 117°C11°C22°C 19977°C 200235%
May 217°C11°C24°C 20098°C 201134%
May 317°C11°C22°C 20097°C 201135%
May 417°C11°C22°C 19968°C 201635%
May 517°C11°C22°C 19977°C 200134%
May 616°C11°C23°C 19978°C 200132%
May 716°C11°C22°C 19977°C 201032%
May 816°C11°C20°C 20187°C 200832%
May 916°C11°C20°C 20097°C 200230%
May 1016°C11°C22°C 19977°C 200729%
May 1116°C11°C21°C 19978°C 201229%
May 1216°C11°C20°C 20198°C 200129%
May 1316°C11°C23°C 19977°C 201231%
May 1416°C11°C21°C 19977°C 200131%
May 1516°C10°C20°C 20156°C 201332%
May 1615°C10°C21°C 20157°C 200733%
May 1715°C10°C22°C 19976°C 200733%
May 1815°C10°C21°C 20156°C 201332%
May 1915°C10°C22°C 20156°C 200431%
May 2015°C10°C22°C 20157°C 200531%
May 2115°C10°C21°C 20157°C 200632%
May 2215°C10°C24°C 20096°C 200532%
May 2315°C10°C20°C 19945°C 199232%
May 2414°C10°C19°C 19945°C 199333%
May 2514°C10°C18°C 20014°C 199333%
May 2614°C9°C18°C 20013°C 199332%
May 2714°C9°C19°C 19915°C 199332%
May 2814°C9°C19°C 20053°C 199330%
May 2914°C9°C18°C 20124°C 199229%
May 3014°C9°C17°C 20035°C 199229%
May 3114°C9°C16°C 20156°C 200829%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Mar del Plata, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

May 1
sunrise 7:32 AM, sunset 6:02 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:57 AM, sunset 5:39 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.