Caldera Weather in May
Caldera in May
The short of it: Caldera in May averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 7.0 mm (0.28 in) of rain and about 10 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 11° · rain 7.0 mm · daylight 10 h 48 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & January
May in Caldera brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 11°, with about 7.0 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 7.0 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 48 min in mid-May, 41 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 March and January.
Against its neighbours, Caldera runs about middling and about as wet in May. Copiapó, 59 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Caldera, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CopiapóAtacama | 59 km SE | 18° | 8° | 1.0 mm |
| Tierra AmarillaAtacama | 71 km SE | 18° | 8° | 0.0 mm |
| Diego de AlmagroAtacama | 108 km NE | 21° | 9° | 0.0 mm |
| HuascoAtacama | 160 km SSW | 18° | 10° | 19 mm |
| FreirinaAtacama | 162 km S | 19° | 9° | 15 mm |
| VallenarAtacama | 168 km S | 19° | 8° | 7.0 mm |
| TaltalAntofagasta | 188 km N | 21° | 13° | 7.0 mm |
| Alto del CarmenAtacama | 191 km S | 17° | 5° | 4.0 mm |