Paine Weather in May
Paine in May
The short of it: Paine in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 75 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 75 mm · daylight 10 h 23 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Paine an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 75 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 19°, with nights near 8°. Wet spells are common — about 75 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 23 min in mid-May, 54 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 April and October.
Against its neighbours, Paine runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Buin, 8 km to the N, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Paine, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 58 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BuinSantiago Metropolitan | 8 km N | 18° | 7° | 71 mm |
| La IslitaSantiago Metropolitan | 13 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 70 mm |
| Isla de MaipoSantiago Metropolitan | 16 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 69 mm |
| San Francisco de MostazalO'Higgins Region | 20 km S | 20° | 9° | 85 mm |
| Calera de TangoSantiago Metropolitan | 21 km NNW | 18° | 7° | 62 mm |
| TalaganteSantiago Metropolitan | 24 km NW | 18° | 8° | 64 mm |
| San BernardoSantiago Metropolitan | 24 km N | 18° | 6° | 67 mm |
| PirqueSantiago Metropolitan | 25 km NE | 18° | 6° | 82 mm |