Arica Weather in May
Arica in May
The short of it: Arica in May averages a high of 20 °C (69 °F) and a low of 15 °C (60 °F), with 0.0 mm (0.00 in) of rain and about 11 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 15° · rain 0.0 mm · daylight 11 h 15 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & April
Thirty years of records give Arica an average May high of 20°, a low of 15° and some 0.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 0.0 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 15 min in mid-May, 26 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 December and April.
Against its neighbours, Arica runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Tacna, 51 km to the N, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Arica, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TacnaTacna | 51 km N | 22° | 13° | 0.0 mm |
| SobrayaTacna | 55 km NNE | 22° | 13° | 0.0 mm |
| Piedra BlancaTacna | 57 km NNE | 22° | 13° | 0.0 mm |
| CalanaTacna | 60 km NNE | 23° | 12° | 0.0 mm |
| Las YarasTacna | 73 km NNW | 23° | 14° | 1.0 mm |
| CamaronesArica y Parinacota Region | 75 km SE | 22° | 11° | 0.0 mm |
| Sama GrandeTacna | 79 km NNW | 23° | 13° | 1.0 mm |
| IteTacna | 98 km NW | 22° | 15° | 1.0 mm |