Salta Weather in May
Salta in May
The short of it: Salta in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 10 h 55 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 8° · rain 10 mm · daylight 10 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & August
Thirty years of records give Salta an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 10 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 10 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 55 min in mid-May, 37 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, Salta runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. San Lorenzo, 10 km to the NW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Salta, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 25 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San LorenzoSalta | 10 km NW | 19° | 8° | 10 mm |
| San José de los CerrillosSalta | 12 km SSW | 20° | 8° | 9.0 mm |
| VaquerosSalta | 12 km N | 19° | 8° | 10 mm |
| La MercedSalta | 19 km SSW | 20° | 8° | 8.0 mm |
| La CalderaSalta | 23 km N | 19° | 8° | 10 mm |
| Campo QuijanoSalta | 25 km WSW | 19° | 7° | 6.0 mm |
| Rosario de LermaSalta | 26 km SW | 20° | 8° | 6.0 mm |
| El CarrilSalta | 30 km SSW | 21° | 9° | 7.0 mm |