Cafayate Weather in May
Cafayate in May
The short of it: Cafayate in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 0.0 mm (0.00 in) of rain and about 10 h 51 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 7° · rain 0.0 mm · daylight 10 h 51 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & August
Thirty years of records give Cafayate an average May high of 20°, a low of 7° and some 0.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 7°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 0.0 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 51 min in mid-May, 39 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and August.
Against its neighbours, Cafayate runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Animaná, 12 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Cafayate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AnimanáSalta | 12 km NNE | 20° | 7° | 0.0 mm |
| San CarlosSalta | 21 km NNE | 20° | 7° | 0.0 mm |
| Las MojarrasCatamarca | 67 km S | 20° | 6° | 0.0 mm |
| Santa MaríaCatamarca | 69 km S | 20° | 6° | 0.0 mm |
| TrancasTucuman | 72 km ESE | 22° | 10° | 4.0 mm |
| Chañar PuncoCatamarca | 73 km S | 19° | 6° | 0.0 mm |
| GuachipasSalta | 77 km NE | 21° | 9° | 3.0 mm |
| MolinosSalta | 77 km NNW | 19° | 6° | 0.0 mm |