Huasco Weather in May
Huasco in May
The short of it: Huasco in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 19 mm (0.75 in) of rain and about 10 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 10° · rain 19 mm · daylight 10 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: February & January
Thirty years of records give Huasco an average May high of 18°, a low of 10° and some 19 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 10°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 19 mm.
The sun is up for about 10 h 43 min in mid-May, 43 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 February and January.
Against its neighbours, Huasco runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Freirina, 15 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Huasco, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreirinaAtacama | 15 km ESE | 19° | 9° | 15 mm |
| VallenarAtacama | 47 km ESE | 19° | 8° | 7.0 mm |
| Alto del CarmenAtacama | 79 km ESE | 17° | 5° | 4.0 mm |
| La HigueraCoquimbo Region | 116 km S | 16° | 7° | 9.0 mm |
| Tierra AmarillaAtacama | 146 km NE | 18° | 8° | 0.0 mm |
| CopiapóAtacama | 150 km NE | 18° | 8° | 1.0 mm |
| La SerenaCoquimbo Region | 160 km S | 17° | 10° | 20 mm |
| CalderaAtacama | 160 km NNE | 19° | 11° | 7.0 mm |