Calama climate

Calama Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 22°C on May 1 to 20°C on May 31, and lows from 6°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 mm over about 0 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Calama, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
29°CMay 25, 2020
Reanalysis low
-4°CMay 25, 2014
Daylight
11 h 16 min to 10 h 51 min
Cloud cover
31%
Humidity
18%
Dew point
-14°C
Wind
14.0 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 122°C6°C26°C 20181°C 20080%
May 222°C6°C26°C 20033°C 20100%
May 322°C6°C26°C 19972°C 20100%
May 422°C6°C26°C 19971°C 20080%
May 522°C6°C26°C 19972°C 20080%
May 622°C6°C26°C 19971°C 20040%
May 722°C5°C25°C 20111°C 19950%
May 822°C5°C24°C 20112°C 20090%
May 922°C5°C24°C 20112°C 19991%
May 1021°C5°C24°C 19963°C 20181%
May 1121°C5°C25°C 20051°C 20011%
May 1221°C5°C25°C 20020°C 20011%
May 1321°C5°C24°C 19940°C 19931%
May 1421°C4°C25°C 19920°C 19931%
May 1521°C4°C24°C 19921°C 19931%
May 1621°C4°C25°C 19910°C 20011%
May 1721°C4°C23°C 19911°C 19961%
May 1820°C4°C25°C 20090°C 20101%
May 1920°C4°C24°C 19991°C 20171%
May 2020°C4°C25°C 19980°C 20171%
May 2120°C4°C24°C 20080°C 20171%
May 2220°C4°C23°C 20080°C 20041%
May 2320°C4°C23°C 2008-1°C 20041%
May 2420°C4°C26°C 2020-2°C 20041%
May 2520°C4°C29°C 2020-4°C 20141%
May 2620°C3°C27°C 2020-2°C 19991%
May 2720°C3°C25°C 20051°C 20041%
May 2820°C3°C26°C 19910°C 20082%
May 2920°C3°C27°C 1991-1°C 19922%
May 3020°C3°C26°C 1991-3°C 19922%
May 3120°C3°C26°C 1991-1°C 20132%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Calama, in percent.00.511.521102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-4).

May 1
sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 6:11 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:08 AM, sunset 5:59 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.