Copiapó Weather in May
Copiapó in May
The short of it: Copiapó in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 10 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 10 h 47 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & March
May in Copiapó brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 8°, with about 1.0 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 1.0 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 47 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 December and March.
Against its neighbours, Copiapó runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Tierra Amarilla, 13 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Copiapó, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tierra AmarillaAtacama | 13 km SSE | 18° | 8° | 0.0 mm |
| CalderaAtacama | 59 km NW | 19° | 11° | 7.0 mm |
| Diego de AlmagroAtacama | 112 km NNE | 21° | 9° | 0.0 mm |
| VallenarAtacama | 141 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 7.0 mm |
| FreirinaAtacama | 147 km SSW | 19° | 9° | 15 mm |
| HuascoAtacama | 150 km SW | 18° | 10° | 19 mm |
| Alto del CarmenAtacama | 156 km S | 17° | 5° | 4.0 mm |
| TaltalAntofagasta | 219 km N | 21° | 13° | 7.0 mm |