Santa Marta Weather in May
Average highs run from 28°C on May 1 to 27°C on May 31, and lows from 19°C to 20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 96 mm over about 16 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
- 27°C
- Average low
- 20°C
- Precipitation
- 96 mm
- Record high
- 40°CMay 25, 1997
- Record low
- 19°CMay 3, 1966
- Daylight
- 12 h 32 min to 12 h 45 min
- Cloud cover
- 76%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 19°C
- Wind
- 9.0 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 | 28°C | 19°C | 36°C 1993 | 20°C 1981 | 40% |
| May 2 | 28°C | 19°C | 37°C 2019 | 21°C 1986 | 41% |
| May 3 | 28°C | 19°C | 35°C 2003 | 19°C 1966 | 41% |
| May 4 | 28°C | 19°C | 37°C 2002 | 23°C 1989 | 41% |
| May 5 | 28°C | 19°C | 37°C 2022 | 22°C 1966 | 42% |
| May 6 | 28°C | 19°C | 37°C 1984 | 22°C 1966 | 42% |
| May 7 | 28°C | 19°C | 37°C 2019 | 20°C 1966 | 42% |
| May 8 | 28°C | 20°C | 36°C 2002 | 21°C 1966 | 44% |
| May 9 | 28°C | 20°C | 36°C 2023 | 19°C 1966 | 45% |
| May 10 | 28°C | 20°C | 37°C 2015 | 22°C 1966 | 45% |
| May 11 | 28°C | 20°C | 37°C 2015 | 23°C 1966 | 45% |
| May 12 | 28°C | 20°C | 36°C 1995 | 21°C 1966 | 44% |
| May 13 | 28°C | 20°C | 38°C 2015 | 22°C 1966 | 46% |
| May 14 | 28°C | 20°C | 37°C 2015 | 20°C 1966 | 47% |
| May 15 | 28°C | 20°C | 38°C 2024 | 22°C 1965 | 47% |
| May 16 | 28°C | 20°C | 36°C 2003 | 19°C 1968 | 47% |
| May 17 | 28°C | 20°C | 36°C 2024 | 19°C 1973 | 48% |
| May 18 | 28°C | 20°C | 36°C 2002 | 21°C 1968 | 49% |
| May 19 | 28°C | 20°C | 37°C 1997 | 20°C 1966 | 52% |
| May 20 | 27°C | 20°C | 37°C 2024 | 22°C 1966 | 54% |
| May 21 | 27°C | 20°C | 37°C 1997 | 22°C 1968 | 56% |
| May 22 | 27°C | 20°C | 36°C 1997 | 22°C 1977 | 58% |
| May 23 | 27°C | 20°C | 38°C 1965 | 22°C 1975 | 58% |
| May 24 | 27°C | 20°C | 36°C 2022 | 20°C 1966 | 58% |
| May 25 | 27°C | 20°C | 40°C 1997 | 23°C 1974 | 59% |
| May 26 | 27°C | 20°C | 37°C 1969 | 21°C 1966 | 59% |
| May 27 | 27°C | 20°C | 36°C 2024 | 22°C 1966 | 60% |
| May 28 | 27°C | 20°C | 35°C 2005 | 23°C 1965 | 59% |
| May 29 | 27°C | 20°C | 36°C 1991 | 22°C 1966 | 58% |
| May 30 | 27°C | 20°C | 36°C 1999 | 22°C 1965 | 56% |
| May 31 | 27°C | 20°C | 35°C 2005 | 22°C 1965 | 56% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT-5).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:38 AM, sunset 6:10 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:32 AM, sunset 6:17 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station COM00080009, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.