Buin Weather in May
Buin in May
The short of it: Buin in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 71 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 10 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 7° · rain 71 mm · daylight 10 h 24 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Buin an average May high of 18°, a low of 7° and some 71 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 18°, with nights near 7°. Wet spells are common — about 71 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 24 min in mid-May, 54 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 April and October.
Against its neighbours, Buin runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Paine, 8 km to the S, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Buin, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 51 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PaineSantiago Metropolitan | 8 km S | 19° | 8° | 75 mm |
| La IslitaSantiago Metropolitan | 12 km W | 19° | 8° | 70 mm |
| Calera de TangoSantiago Metropolitan | 13 km NNW | 18° | 7° | 62 mm |
| Isla de MaipoSantiago Metropolitan | 14 km W | 19° | 8° | 69 mm |
| San BernardoSantiago Metropolitan | 16 km NNE | 18° | 6° | 67 mm |
| TalaganteSantiago Metropolitan | 19 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 64 mm |
| PeñaflorSantiago Metropolitan | 19 km NW | 18° | 7° | 62 mm |
| PirqueSantiago Metropolitan | 19 km NE | 18° | 6° | 82 mm |