Retiro Weather in May
Retiro in May
The short of it: Retiro in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 77 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 11° · rain 77 mm · daylight 10 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & April
Thirty years of records give Retiro an average May high of 19°, a low of 11° and some 77 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 77 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 20 min in mid-May, 55 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and April.
Against its neighbours, Retiro runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Balvanera, 3 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Retiro, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 21 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BalvaneraBuenos Aires F.D. | 3 km SSW | 19° | 10° | 89 mm |
| Buenos AiresBuenos Aires F.D. | 3 km S | 19° | 10° | 89 mm |
| PalermoBuenos Aires F.D. | 4 km W | 19° | 10° | 82 mm |
| ColegialesBuenos Aires F.D. | 6 km W | 19° | 10° | 78 mm |
| BoedoBuenos Aires F.D. | 6 km SSW | 19° | 10° | 81 mm |
| BelgranoBuenos Aires F.D. | 7 km WNW | 19° | 10° | 78 mm |
| BarracasBuenos Aires F.D. | 7 km S | 19° | 10° | 81 mm |
| AvellanedaBuenos Aires | 9 km S | 19° | 10° | 79 mm |