Chile Chico Weather in May
Chile Chico in May
The short of it: Chile Chico in May averages a high of 10 °C (51 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 9 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 10° · low 2° · rain 61 mm · daylight 9 h 23 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Chile Chico an average May high of 10°, a low of 2° and some 61 mm of rain. Highs fall 4° against April, to near 10°; nights run about 2°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 61 mm.
The sun is up for about 9 h 23 min in mid-May, 87 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 January and February.
Against its neighbours, Chile Chico runs about middling and about as wet in May. Los Antiguos, 7 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Chile Chico, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 28 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los AntiguosSanta Cruz | 7 km E | 10° | 2° | 55 mm |
| Perito MorenoSanta Cruz | 61 km E | 12° | 2° | 23 mm |
| CochraneAysén | 102 km SW | 9° | 2° | 93 mm |
| Lago PosadasSanta Cruz | 108 km S | 11° | 2° | 38 mm |
| CoyhaiqueAysén | 111 km NNW | 10° | 2° | 181 mm |
| Puerto ChacabucoAysén | 146 km NW | 8° | 2° | 239 mm |
| Puerto AysénAysén | 147 km NNW | 10° | 4° | 274 mm |
| Río MayoChubut | 148 km NE | 12° | 2° | 25 mm |