Santa Elena climate

Santa Elena Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 23°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from 13°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 6 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Santa Elena, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
11°C
Precipitation
71 mm
Reanalysis high
33°CMay 1, 1997
Reanalysis low
0°CMay 30, 2007
Daylight
10 h 53 min to 10 h 17 min
Cloud cover
54%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
12.6 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 123°C13°C33°C 19976°C 201630%
May 223°C12°C29°C 19945°C 201129%
May 323°C12°C28°C 19995°C 201129%
May 423°C12°C28°C 20076°C 201529%
May 523°C12°C30°C 19974°C 200129%
May 623°C12°C31°C 19974°C 200028%
May 722°C12°C31°C 19976°C 200027%
May 822°C12°C32°C 19974°C 200727%
May 922°C12°C30°C 19975°C 200726%
May 1022°C12°C30°C 19974°C 200726%
May 1122°C12°C32°C 20095°C 201026%
May 1222°C11°C29°C 19976°C 201225%
May 1322°C11°C28°C 19976°C 200125%
May 1422°C11°C28°C 20024°C 200126%
May 1521°C11°C26°C 20085°C 201327%
May 1621°C11°C27°C 20063°C 201327%
May 1721°C11°C28°C 20083°C 201327%
May 1821°C11°C29°C 19976°C 201626%
May 1921°C11°C32°C 20084°C 199524%
May 2020°C11°C33°C 20084°C 199923%
May 2120°C10°C32°C 20083°C 200523%
May 2220°C10°C32°C 20084°C 200522%
May 2320°C10°C32°C 20083°C 199723%
May 2420°C10°C28°C 19943°C 199723%
May 2520°C10°C28°C 20093°C 200722%
May 2620°C10°C27°C 19914°C 199321%
May 2719°C10°C27°C 19911°C 199320%
May 2819°C9°C29°C 19912°C 199320%
May 2919°C9°C30°C 19911°C 200719%
May 3019°C9°C26°C 20010°C 200718%
May 3119°C9°C23°C 20032°C 199317%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Santa Elena, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 7:30 AM, sunset 6:23 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:48 AM, sunset 6:05 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.