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Ushuaia in May: every year compared

In May, Ushuaia averages highs of 5.6 °C and lows of 0.5 °C, with 56 mm of precipitation. The warmest May was 2020 (5.6 °C), the coldest 1944 (-1.8 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 5.6 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 0.5 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 56 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 13

Day by day through May

Normal high and low for each day of May in Ushuaia.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every May in Ushuaia, ranked

86 months of May since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 22 of 86 (+0.2 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 3.4 °C · +0.2 °C vs normal · rank 22 of 86

Warmest years

120205.6 °C
220225.1 °C
320065.0 °C
419984.9 °C
520034.8 °C

Coldest years

11944-1.8 °C
21986-1.0 °C
31940-0.8 °C
41984-0.4 °C
51970-0.3 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	3.4 °C	5.7 °C	0.9 °C	72 mm	13 days	35 cm	11 days
2024	3.3 °C	5.3 °C	1.3 °C	88 mm	12 days	35 cm	15 days
2023	4.7 °C	7.4 °C	1.9 °C	63 mm	7 days	19 cm	19 days
2022	5.1 °C	7.5 °C	2.8 °C	55 mm	3 days	20 cm	18 days
2021	4.2 °C	6.6 °C	1.7 °C	43 mm	10 days	12 cm	13 days
2020	5.6 °C	7.6 °C	3.3 °C	47 mm	0 days	6 cm	14 days
2019	4.3 °C	6.7 °C	1.5 °C	54 mm	5 days	24 cm	16 days
2018	3.9 °C	6.3 °C	1.3 °C	55 mm	9 days	9 cm	8 days
2017	4.4 °C	6.6 °C	1.6 °C	78 mm	9 days	21 cm	16 days
2016	4.4 °C	6.8 °C	2.5 °C	17 mm	2 days	1 cm	7 days
2015	4.0 °C	5.9 °C	1.9 °C	85 mm	6 days	29 cm	20 days
2014	3.8 °C	6.4 °C	0.5 °C	46 mm	13 days	17 cm	13 days
2013	2.4 °C	5.3 °C	-1.0 °C	66 mm	19 days	36 cm	14 days
2012	1.9 °C	4.6 °C	-1.4 °C	39 mm	20 days	23 cm	8 days
2011	2.8 °C	5.4 °C	-0.2 °C	80 mm	16 days	44 cm	17 days
2010	4.0 °C	6.8 °C	0.2 °C	63 mm	10 days	28 cm	13 days
2009	2.3 °C	4.9 °C	-0.4 °C	57 mm	18 days	27 cm	13 days
2008	2.3 °C	4.9 °C	-1.2 °C	62 mm	21 days	33 cm	11 days
2007	1.5 °C	4.3 °C	-1.5 °C	73 mm	19 days	31 cm	18 days
2006	5.0 °C	7.4 °C	2.3 °C	62 mm	7 days	16 cm	15 days
2005	1.7 °C	3.9 °C	-0.8 °C	73 mm	20 days	35 cm	12 days
2004	3.1 °C	5.7 °C	-0.1 °C	49 mm	15 days	20 cm	14 days
2003	4.8 °C	6.8 °C	2.4 °C	71 mm	4 days	17 cm	17 days
2002	0.5 °C	2.6 °C	-2.2 °C	40 mm	23 days	30 cm	8 days
2001	3.6 °C	5.5 °C	1.3 °C	42 mm	11 days	9 cm	9 days
2000	3.6 °C	5.8 °C	1.1 °C	45 mm	10 days	16 cm	9 days
1999	3.6 °C	6.0 °C	1.1 °C	57 mm	11 days	20 cm	15 days
1998	4.9 °C	7.2 °C	3.0 °C	15 mm	2 days	3 cm	4 days
1997	2.0 °C	4.5 °C	-0.7 °C	22 mm	14 days	11 cm	7 days
1996	3.9 °C	6.2 °C	1.2 °C	80 mm	11 days	28 cm	15 days
1995	4.0 °C	6.6 °C	1.8 °C	57 mm	2 days	16 cm	14 days
1994	0.6 °C	3.4 °C	-2.3 °C	33 mm	23 days	16 cm	10 days
1993	3.0 °C	5.5 °C	0.4 °C	36 mm	11 days	11 cm	10 days
1992	1.3 °C	3.3 °C	-0.9 °C	81 mm	17 days	52 cm	13 days
1991	1.5 °C	3.9 °C	-1.2 °C	109 mm	16 days	58 cm	16 days
1990	2.3 °C	4.5 °C	0.2 °C	86 mm	14 days	26 cm	20 days
1989	1.4 °C	4.6 °C	-1.8 °C	58 mm	21 days	19 cm	14 days
1988	2.9 °C	5.6 °C	0.6 °C	38 mm	13 days	11 cm	11 days
1987	3.1 °C	5.7 °C	0.6 °C	40 mm	12 days	11 cm	16 days
1986	-1.0 °C	1.6 °C	-3.4 °C	58 mm	21 days	34 cm	12 days
1985	-0.2 °C	2.5 °C	-2.8 °C	37 mm	25 days	23 cm	11 days
1984	-0.4 °C	1.8 °C	-2.9 °C	53 mm	30 days	42 cm	15 days
1983	3.1 °C	5.7 °C	0.5 °C	40 mm	13 days	12 cm	9 days
1982	4.1 °C	6.8 °C	1.3 °C	48 mm	10 days	16 cm	12 days
1981	2.3 °C	4.6 °C	-0.6 °C	62 mm	21 days	23 cm	13 days
1980	3.0 °C	5.4 °C	1.0 °C	36 mm	10 days	20 cm	7 days
1979	2.0 °C	4.4 °C	-0.8 °C	67 mm	17 days	33 cm	16 days
1978	3.8 °C	6.3 °C	1.6 °C	49 mm	7 days	13 cm	13 days
1977	2.0 °C	4.6 °C	-1.0 °C	49 mm	20 days	25 cm	16 days
1976	1.6 °C	4.2 °C	-1.5 °C	127 mm	18 days	54 cm	22 days
1975	3.3 °C	5.6 °C	1.2 °C	67 mm	11 days	21 cm	17 days
1974	2.2 °C	4.6 °C	-0.3 °C	20 mm	18 days	8 cm	7 days
1973	1.8 °C	4.7 °C	-1.0 °C	56 mm	17 days	21 cm	16 days
1972	0.9 °C	3.7 °C	-2.2 °C	20 mm	25 days	12 cm	7 days
1971	1.5 °C	4.3 °C	-1.1 °C	36 mm	19 days	19 cm	8 days
1970	-0.3 °C	2.4 °C	-3.0 °C	53 mm	26 days	26 cm	9 days
1969	1.3 °C	3.6 °C	-1.3 °C	46 mm	23 days	24 cm	14 days
1968	3.4 °C	6.1 °C	-0.0 °C	59 mm	15 days	23 cm	23 days
1967	1.1 °C	4.1 °C	-2.1 °C	43 mm	24 days	14 cm	13 days
1966	2.8 °C	5.7 °C	-0.5 °C	44 mm	17 days	17 cm	16 days
1965	2.4 °C	4.8 °C	-0.4 °C	40 mm	19 days	12 cm	12 days
1964	1.7 °C	4.1 °C	-0.9 °C	45 mm	18 days	20 cm	13 days
1963	1.5 °C	3.8 °C	-1.3 °C	28 mm	25 days	10 cm	9 days
1962	2.6 °C	5.2 °C	0.1 °C	57 mm	13 days	21 cm	17 days
1961	1.6 °C	4.0 °C	-1.4 °C	54 mm	19 days	26 cm	16 days
1960	2.2 °C	4.5 °C	-0.9 °C	58 mm	20 days	26 cm	11 days
1959	-0.2 °C	1.8 °C	-2.7 °C	82 mm	23 days	38 cm	21 days
1958	2.3 °C	5.0 °C	-1.1 °C	46 mm	17 days	25 cm	14 days
1957	0.0 °C	2.7 °C	-2.6 °C	38 mm	19 days	18 cm	11 days
1956	1.3 °C	3.7 °C	-1.2 °C	61 mm	20 days	25 cm	15 days
1955	2.3 °C	4.4 °C	-0.3 °C	70 mm	16 days	17 cm	16 days
1954	0.1 °C	2.6 °C	-3.0 °C	78 mm	28 days	41 cm	21 days
1953	-0.0 °C	2.0 °C	-2.2 °C	57 mm	22 days	27 cm	17 days
1952	1.0 °C	3.5 °C	-1.8 °C	42 mm	24 days	14 cm	11 days
1951	-0.3 °C	2.2 °C	-3.2 °C	66 mm	24 days	25 cm	13 days
1950	-0.1 °C	2.3 °C	-2.7 °C	58 mm	24 days	30 cm	15 days
1949	-0.3 °C	2.1 °C	-2.9 °C	62 mm	24 days	21 cm	15 days
1948	0.4 °C	2.8 °C	-2.2 °C	74 mm	24 days	37 cm	18 days
1947	-0.0 °C	2.1 °C	-2.8 °C	93 mm	26 days	57 cm	17 days
1946	0.7 °C	3.4 °C	-2.5 °C	72 mm	25 days	29 cm	16 days
1945	0.9 °C	3.3 °C	-1.9 °C	54 mm	25 days	23 cm	18 days
1944	-1.8 °C	0.8 °C	-4.7 °C	56 mm	31 days	37 cm	16 days
1943	0.2 °C	2.6 °C	-2.4 °C	71 mm	23 days	27 cm	20 days
1942	1.7 °C	4.1 °C	-0.7 °C	55 mm	15 days	9 cm	13 days
1941	1.6 °C	3.9 °C	-0.9 °C	34 mm	20 days	14 cm	12 days
1940	-0.8 °C	1.4 °C	-3.4 °C	62 mm	25 days	35 cm	15 days

May records

Hottest day

14.0 °C

May 8, 2018 estimate

Coldest night

-12.7 °C

May 29, 1986 estimate

Wettest day

29 mm

May 7, 1991 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Ushuaia in May?

Highs average 5.6 °C and lows 0.5 °C. A typical May brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 12 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Ushuaia in May?

About 56 mm falls in May, over some 13 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest May was 1976 (127 mm), the driest 1998 (15 mm).

What was the warmest May in Ushuaia?

2020, with a mean temperature of 5.6 °C. The coldest was 1944 (-1.8 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 22 of 86.