El Nihuil Weather in May
El Nihuil in May
The short of it: El Nihuil in May averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 1 °C (33 °F), with 39 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 10 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 1° · rain 39 mm · daylight 10 h 18 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & November
Thirty years of records give El Nihuil an average May high of 14°, a low of 1° and some 39 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against April, to near 14°; nights run about 1°. Rain is modest, about 39 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 18 min in mid-May, 56 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and November.
Against its neighbours, El Nihuil runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Veinticinco de Mayo, 51 km to the NNE, is 2° warmer by day.
May in El Nihuil, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veinticinco de MayoMendoza | 51 km NNE | 16° | 2° | 25 mm |
| Salto de las RosasMendoza | 53 km NE | 17° | 3° | 23 mm |
| Capitán MontoyaMendoza | 54 km NNE | 16° | 3° | 22 mm |
| San RafaelMendoza | 56 km NE | 17° | 3° | 23 mm |
| Villa AtuelMendoza | 72 km ENE | 18° | 4° | 19 mm |
| Real del PadreMendoza | 86 km ENE | 18° | 4° | 18 mm |
| Monte CománMendoza | 88 km ENE | 18° | 4° | 18 mm |
| General AlvearMendoza | 89 km E | 18° | 4° | 18 mm |