Caribbean Weather in May

Information on the weather in May for cities and beach towns throughout the Caribbean has been pulled together here.

The May temperatures and rainfall given in the table below allow you to compare the climate for places on two dozen islands. The monthly averages are based on historical weather records.

These temperatures are in degrees Celsius. You can also view the temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit.

Rainfall

May brings moderate amounts of rain to most parts of the Caribbean, but the weather does vary a lot from island to island.

The dry season continues this month on the southern Netherlands Antilles islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.

For some islands, rainfall actually peaks in May. This is a particularly rainy month for St John's in Antigua, Kingston in Jamaica and San Juan in Puerto Rico.

Ocean Temperature

The Caribbean Sea in May averages around 27 degrees Celsius at most islands.

Caribbean weather in May: average daily temperature and monthly rainfall
Temper­ature °C Island Place Total Rainfall
High Low Milli­metres Days
30 24 Antigua St John's 113 10
32 26 Aruba Beatrix Airport 14 2
31 26 Bonaire Flamingo Airport 15 2
30 21 Bahamas Nassau 106 10
30 25 Barbados Bridgetown 49
32 22 Cayman Islands 141 14
30 22 Cuba Havana 98 6
32 26 Curaçao Hato Airport 20 2
30 24 Dominica Melville Hall Airport 220
30 23 Dominican Republic Punta Cana 124 10
31 23 Guadeloupe Pointe-a-Pitre 148
32 24 Jamaica Kingston 100 8
30 23 Martinique Lamentin 123 15
31 25 Puerto Rico San Juan 150 16
30 26 Saba The Bottom 96 7
31 25 St. Barthelemy Gustavia 83 10
30 24 St. Croix (US VI) Christiansted 89 14
30 24 St. Eustatius Oranjestad 87 10
30 23 St. John (US VI) Cruz Bay 103 14
31 25 St. Kitts Basseterre 78
31 25 St. Lucia Vieux Fort 71 14
30 25 St. Maarten Princess Juliana AP 93 10
31 25 St. Thomas (US VI) Charlotte Amalie 78 13
33 23 Trinidad Port of Spain 68 11
31 24 Tobago Scarborough 64 9
References

NOAA. National Weather Service. National Hurricane Center.

NOAA. Ocean Climate Laboratory. World Ocean Atlas 2009.

Rainfall and temperature data come from each island's meteorological organization.

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