Colombia

Medellín in May

Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast

May weather in Medellín

May in Medellín averages daily highs of 27°C and lows of 18°C, with 9 hours of sunshine a day and rain on about 29 of 31 days.

Daily high
27°C average
Overnight low
18°C average
Rain days
29 of 31 days with at least 1 mm (93% rain-day chance)
Sunshine
9 hours a day
Daylight
12 hours calculated day length

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Medellín in May

May in Medellín: average highs of 27°C, lows of 18°C and 9 hours of sunshine a day. A starting point for planning around the historical weather.

May in Medellín, Colombia, brings average daily highs of 27°C and overnight lows of 18°C in the 2016–2025 historical record. Light clothing is a useful starting point, with room in the plan to pause indoors. Decide how much walking to fit into each day using the local forecast, rather than treating the monthly average as a limit.

In the record, at least 1 mm of rain or snow falls on 29 of 31 days on average, a daily chance of 93%. Make flexibility part of the trip from the outset. Keep time outside easy to rearrange and choose plans that still work if it rains. The monthly figures do not establish whether rain is brief, prolonged or concentrated at a particular time.

The calculated day length, sunrise to sunset, averages about 12 hours. Sunshine averages 9 hours a day. Use the daylight window to plan the length of excursions, and check local sunrise and sunset times for the dates of your stay. Sunshine is a separate measure, and those hours need not arrive in one uninterrupted stretch.

For nature trips or walks, keep the longest outings movable and check route conditions locally; a monthly climate average cannot establish whether a particular path is accessible. For a culture-focused visit, group the places you want to see into manageable areas, with time between stops. Check each venue's opening dates before fixing the order.

The following month, June, has a similar average daily high of 27°C. Its historical rain-day chance is 89%, compared with 93% this month. If your dates are flexible, compare those trade-offs with the kind of days you want. Neither set of averages predicts the conditions of one particular holiday.

Sources

Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
  • Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
  • Averages of every day in May, on local days. Every year is weighted equally.
  • A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. Daylight is calculated from latitude, sunrise to sunset; sunshine hours are separate.