Climate · San Juan

San Juan in May

Hot and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in San Juan is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 74°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.May in San Juan is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 62% of days
Daylight
13h 00mon average

Is May a good time to visit San Juan?


A good month, just outside San Juan's most comfortable months, which run from December to March.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in May, against 85°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in May, against 29°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

62% of days in May, against 35% to 80% through the year.

Cloud cover

61% cover in May, against 28% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

13h 00m in May, against 11h 03m to 13h 13m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the most comfortable months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. April89°32°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May90°32°low 74°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June91°33°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where San Juan sits, in May

America/Puerto Rico

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:51 AMsets 6:50 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
18.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Dorado24 km west

The land around San Juan, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Puerto Rico in May

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest San Juan. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.