Vicuña Weather in May
Vicuña in May
The short of it: Vicuña in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 10 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 7° · rain 10 mm · daylight 10 h 38 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & March
May in Vicuña brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 7°, with about 10 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 10 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 38 min in mid-May, 46 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 December and March.
Against its neighbours, Vicuña runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Paiguano, 19 km to the E, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Vicuña, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PaiguanoCoquimbo Region | 19 km E | 16° | 5° | 8.0 mm |
| AndacolloCoquimbo Region | 42 km WSW | 15° | 5° | 15 mm |
| La SerenaCoquimbo Region | 54 km WNW | 17° | 10° | 20 mm |
| CoquimboCoquimbo Region | 61 km W | 17° | 10° | 24 mm |
| La HigueraCoquimbo Region | 75 km NW | 16° | 7° | 9.0 mm |
| Monte PatriaCoquimbo Region | 77 km SSW | 17° | 7° | 17 mm |
| OvalleCoquimbo Region | 78 km SW | 18° | 8° | 21 mm |
| PunitaquiCoquimbo Region | 103 km SSW | 17° | 8° | 24 mm |