Petorca Weather in May
Petorca in May
The short of it: Petorca in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 10 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 6° · rain 44 mm · daylight 10 h 29 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: November & April
Thirty years of records give Petorca an average May high of 18°, a low of 6° and some 44 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 6°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 29 min in mid-May, 51 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 November and April.
Against its neighbours, Petorca runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Cabildo, 24 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Petorca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 36 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CabildoValparaiso | 24 km SSW | 19° | 7° | 40 mm |
| La LiguaValparaiso | 36 km SW | 19° | 8° | 40 mm |
| CatemuValparaiso | 43 km SSW | 15° | 4° | 58 mm |
| PutaendoValparaiso | 46 km SSE | 20° | 6° | 60 mm |
| SalamancaCoquimbo Region | 53 km N | 18° | 7° | 26 mm |
| PapudoValparaiso | 56 km WSW | 18° | 8° | 49 mm |
| PanquehueValparaiso | 58 km S | 19° | 6° | 44 mm |
| San FelipeValparaiso | 59 km SSE | 20° | 6° | 52 mm |