Lima Weather in May
Lima in May
The short of it: Lima in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 75 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 22 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 75 mm · daylight 10 h 22 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & June
May in Lima brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 9°, with about 75 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 75 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 22 min in mid-May, 54 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, Lima runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Zárate, 17 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Lima, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 36 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZárateBuenos Aires | 17 km ESE | 20° | 9° | 77 mm |
| CampanaBuenos Aires | 25 km ESE | 20° | 9° | 76 mm |
| Capilla del SeñorBuenos Aires | 29 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 79 mm |
| Puerto IbicuyEntre Rios | 32 km N | 20° | 9° | 73 mm |
| San Antonio de ArecoBuenos Aires | 34 km SW | 20° | 8° | 80 mm |
| BaraderoBuenos Aires | 38 km NW | 20° | 9° | 70 mm |
| San Andrés de GilesBuenos Aires | 50 km SSW | 20° | 8° | 84 mm |
| Open DoorBuenos Aires | 51 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 78 mm |