Río Negro Weather in May
Río Negro in May
The short of it: Río Negro in May averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 168 mm (6.6 in) of rain and about 9 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 5° · rain 168 mm · daylight 9 h 53 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Río Negro an average May high of 13°, a low of 5° and some 168 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 13°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 168 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 53 min in mid-May, 70 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Río Negro runs about middling and drier than most in May. Purranque, 14 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Río Negro, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 31 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PurranqueLos Lagos Region | 14 km SSE | 13° | 5° | 169 mm |
| OsornoLos Lagos Region | 26 km NNE | 13° | 5° | 165 mm |
| FrutillarLos Lagos Region | 38 km SSE | 13° | 5° | 178 mm |
| FresiaLos Lagos Region | 43 km SSW | 12° | 5° | 174 mm |
| San PabloLos Lagos Region | 46 km NNE | 14° | 5° | 162 mm |
| PuyehueLos Ríos Region | 54 km ENE | 14° | 5° | 234 mm |
| LlanquihueLos Lagos Region | 54 km SSE | 13° | 5° | 191 mm |
| Río BuenoLos Ríos Region | 56 km NNE | 14° | 5° | 166 mm |