La Serena Weather in May
La Serena in May
The short of it: La Serena in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 10 h 38 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 17° · low 10° · rain 20 mm · daylight 10 h 38 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: February & January
Thirty years of records give La Serena an average May high of 17°, a low of 10° and some 20 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 10°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 20 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 38 min in mid-May, 46 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, La Serena runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Coquimbo, 10 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in La Serena, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoquimboCoquimbo Region | 10 km WSW | 17° | 10° | 24 mm |
| AndacolloCoquimbo Region | 40 km SSE | 15° | 5° | 15 mm |
| La HigueraCoquimbo Region | 44 km N | 16° | 7° | 9.0 mm |
| VicuñaCoquimbo Region | 54 km ESE | 17° | 7° | 10 mm |
| PaiguanoCoquimbo Region | 72 km E | 16° | 5° | 8.0 mm |
| OvalleCoquimbo Region | 77 km S | 18° | 8° | 21 mm |
| Monte PatriaCoquimbo Region | 92 km SSE | 17° | 7° | 17 mm |
| PunitaquiCoquimbo Region | 103 km S | 17° | 8° | 24 mm |