Vallenar Weather in May
Vallenar in May
The short of it: Vallenar in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 7.0 mm (0.28 in) of rain and about 10 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 7.0 mm · daylight 10 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & December
May in Vallenar brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 8°, with about 7.0 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 7.0 mm.
The sun is up for about 10 h 43 min in mid-May, 44 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 March and December.
Against its neighbours, Vallenar runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Freirina, 32 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Vallenar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreirinaAtacama | 32 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 15 mm |
| Alto del CarmenAtacama | 34 km SE | 17° | 5° | 4.0 mm |
| HuascoAtacama | 47 km WNW | 18° | 10° | 19 mm |
| La HigueraCoquimbo Region | 113 km SSW | 16° | 7° | 9.0 mm |
| Tierra AmarillaAtacama | 133 km NNE | 18° | 8° | 0.0 mm |
| CopiapóAtacama | 141 km NNE | 18° | 8° | 1.0 mm |
| La SerenaCoquimbo Region | 155 km SSW | 17° | 10° | 20 mm |
| VicuñaCoquimbo Region | 162 km S | 17° | 7° | 10 mm |