Santiago climate

Santiago Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 14°C on May 1 to 15°C on May 31, and lows from 4°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 9 mm over about 3 wet days.

May day by day

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

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

May at a glance

Average high
14°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
9 mm
Record high
27°CMay 2, 1976
Record low
-7°CMay 28, 1976
Daylight
11 h 37 min to 11 h 23 min
Cloud cover
52%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
7.9 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
May 114°C4°C25°C 19980°C 198014%
May 214°C4°C27°C 19761°C 198114%
May 314°C4°C24°C 19980°C 196814%
May 414°C4°C24°C 1994-5°C 198112%
May 514°C4°C24°C 1993-1°C 198112%
May 614°C4°C25°C 1995-2°C 198012%
May 714°C4°C24°C 19981°C 201112%
May 814°C4°C24°C 19940°C 196411%
May 914°C4°C24°C 19980°C 199511%
May 1014°C4°C24°C 19960°C 202111%
May 1114°C4°C25°C 19830°C 198011%
May 1214°C4°C24°C 19931°C 200510%
May 1314°C4°C25°C 19830°C 20069%
May 1414°C4°C23°C 1995-4°C 19748%
May 1514°C4°C23°C 1993-1°C 19849%
May 1614°C4°C23°C 1983-2°C 19949%
May 1714°C4°C23°C 2016-2°C 19748%
May 1814°C4°C23°C 1994-1°C 19918%
May 1914°C4°C23°C 19920°C 19737%
May 2014°C4°C23°C 2017-2°C 19736%
May 2114°C4°C24°C 1983-1°C 19746%
May 2214°C4°C23°C 1983-1°C 19734%
May 2314°C3°C24°C 1995-2°C 19814%
May 2414°C3°C24°C 1995-2°C 19734%
May 2514°C3°C23°C 1983-3°C 19804%
May 2614°C3°C24°C 2005-2°C 19804%
May 2714°C3°C24°C 1995-3°C 19794%
May 2814°C3°C23°C 2005-7°C 19764%
May 2914°C3°C23°C 1983-3°C 19824%
May 3014°C3°C23°C 1983-2°C 19684%
May 3115°C3°C25°C 1973-3°C 19774%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Santiago, in percent.0510151102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-5).

May 1
sunrise 5:56 AM, sunset 5:33 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:04 AM, sunset 5:27 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station PEM00084686, 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.