Riohacha Weather in May
Average highs run from 31°C on May 1 to 31°C on May 31, and lows from 26°C to 26°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 113 mm over about 18 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 31°C
- Average low
- 26°C
- Precipitation
- 113 mm
- Record high
- 39°CMay 16, 1977
- Record low
- 16°CMay 9, 1980
- Daylight
- 12 h 32 min to 12 h 45 min
- Cloud cover
- 72%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 24°C
- Wind
- 18.0 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2003 | 21°C 1977 | 43% |
| May 2 | 31°C | 26°C | 36°C 2005 | 23°C 1977 | 43% |
| May 3 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 2003 | 23°C 1975 | 44% |
| May 4 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2010 | 22°C 1976 | 43% |
| May 5 | 31°C | 26°C | 34°C 1976 | 24°C 2006 | 45% |
| May 6 | 31°C | 26°C | 36°C 1979 | 20°C 1973 | 46% |
| May 7 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2023 | 23°C 1975 | 48% |
| May 8 | 31°C | 26°C | 35°C 2024 | 24°C 2012 | 50% |
| May 9 | 31°C | 26°C | 35°C 1976 | 16°C 1980 | 50% |
| May 10 | 31°C | 26°C | 35°C 1976 | 22°C 1975 | 50% |
| May 11 | 31°C | 26°C | 36°C 1979 | 22°C 1975 | 50% |
| May 12 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2023 | 16°C 1974 | 50% |
| May 13 | 31°C | 26°C | 35°C 1978 | 19°C 1976 | 52% |
| May 14 | 31°C | 26°C | 36°C 2013 | 16°C 1974 | 54% |
| May 15 | 31°C | 26°C | 36°C 2010 | 19°C 1973 | 54% |
| May 16 | 31°C | 26°C | 39°C 1977 | 23°C 1975 | 54% |
| May 17 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2020 | 23°C 1976 | 56% |
| May 18 | 31°C | 26°C | 36°C 1978 | 19°C 1973 | 57% |
| May 19 | 31°C | 26°C | 39°C 1979 | 23°C 1976 | 59% |
| May 20 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2013 | 23°C 2011 | 60% |
| May 21 | 31°C | 26°C | 36°C 2013 | 19°C 1973 | 62% |
| May 22 | 31°C | 26°C | 36°C 1975 | 22°C 1975 | 62% |
| May 23 | 30°C | 26°C | 36°C 1976 | 16°C 1974 | 62% |
| May 24 | 30°C | 26°C | 38°C 1978 | 19°C 1973 | 64% |
| May 25 | 30°C | 26°C | 36°C 1978 | 17°C 1974 | 64% |
| May 26 | 31°C | 26°C | 35°C 2012 | 17°C 1974 | 64% |
| May 27 | 31°C | 26°C | 34°C 1975 | 23°C 2022 | 64% |
| May 28 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2013 | 19°C 1973 | 63% |
| May 29 | 31°C | 26°C | 35°C 2022 | 17°C 1974 | 62% |
| May 30 | 31°C | 26°C | 35°C 2022 | 23°C 1976 | 60% |
| May 31 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 2013 | 23°C 2019 | 60% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT-5).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:33 AM, sunset 6:05 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:27 AM, sunset 6:12 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station COM00080035, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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 2026-09-29. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.