Weather in El Calafate in May 2025
Average weather
Average temperature in El Calafate in May
Going from a maximum of +16°C during the day to a minimum of -5°C during the night, the temperature in May averages around +8°C.
The average maximum temperature goes up 19% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +6°C to +10°C.
Is El Calafate warm or cold in May?
El Calafate is typically cool in May.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +10°C to +7°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +4°C to +1°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
Take a look at how May is compared to other months in El Calafate:
Climate in El Calafate in May
| April | May | June | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +10°C | +7°C | +4°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -6°C | -8°C | -10°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +20°C | +16°C | +11°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 69 mm | 55 mm | 34 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 1 m/s | 1 m/s | 1 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 79% | 85% | 87% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1005 HPa | 1006 HPa | 1006 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 16 | 13 | 6 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 1 | 5 | 10 | ||||
May typically has worse weather conditions compared to April. It’s getting colder in May. From +10°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +7°C. As May arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 69 mm to 55 mm. Humidity rises from 79% to 85%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during May, staying around 1 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 1 sunny days in April to 0 in May.
June brings much the same weather, it remains bad.
Wind
The average wind speed is 1 m/s getting up to 3 m/s which is a light breeze; barely moving the tree leaves.
The average wind speed in El Calafate is gradually decreasing during May, going from 2 m/s to 1 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
Here’s how May is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last May in El Calafate?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in El Calafate in May has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 2002 (+9°C) and the highest in 2021 (+12°C). The driest year was 1992 with only 399 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2017 with 900 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in El Calafate, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.