Challapata Weather in May
Challapata in May
The short of it: Challapata in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of -1 °C (31 °F), with 6.0 mm (0.24 in) of rain and about 11 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low -1° · rain 6.0 mm · daylight 11 h 14 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: November & October
Thirty years of records give Challapata an average May high of 17°, a low of -1° and some 6.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near -1°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 6.0 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 14 min in mid-May, 27 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and October.
Against its neighbours, Challapata runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Totoral, 46 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Challapata, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 18°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TotoralOruro | 46 km NNW | 16° | -3° | 5.0 mm |
| UncíaPotosí Department | 53 km NNE | 17° | -2° | 6.0 mm |
| LlallaguaPotosí Department | 57 km NNE | 18° | -2° | 6.0 mm |
| PoopóOruro | 62 km NNW | 17° | -2° | 4.0 mm |
| HuanuniOruro | 69 km N | 16° | -3° | 6.0 mm |
| ColquechacaPotosí Department | 84 km ENE | 15° | -4° | 7.0 mm |
| MachacamarcaOruro | 85 km NNW | 18° | -2° | 4.0 mm |
| OruroOruro | 109 km NNW | 18° | -2° | 5.0 mm |