Pirque Weather in May
Pirque in May
The short of it: Pirque in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 10 h 24 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 18° · low 6° · rain 82 mm · daylight 10 h 24 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Pirque an average May high of 18°, a low of 6° and some 82 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 18°, with nights near 6°. Wet spells are common — about 82 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 24 min in mid-May, 53 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, Pirque runs about middling and about as wet in May. Puente Alto, 3 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Pirque, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 55 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puente AltoSantiago Metropolitan | 3 km N | 18° | 6° | 83 mm |
| La PintanaSantiago Metropolitan | 8 km NW | 18° | 6° | 68 mm |
| San BernardoSantiago Metropolitan | 13 km WNW | 18° | 6° | 67 mm |
| BuinSantiago Metropolitan | 19 km SW | 18° | 7° | 71 mm |
| PeñalolénSantiago Metropolitan | 19 km N | 17° | 6° | 91 mm |
| Villa Presidente FreiSantiago Metropolitan | 20 km N | 18° | 6° | 70 mm |
| San José de MaipoSantiago Metropolitan | 20 km E | 17° | 5° | 103 mm |
| Calera de TangoSantiago Metropolitan | 21 km W | 18° | 7° | 62 mm |