Ipiales Weather in May
Ipiales in May
The short of it: Ipiales in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 87 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 9 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 8° · rain 87 mm · daylight 12 h 9 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Ipiales an average May high of 17°, a low of 8° and some 87 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 87 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 9 min in mid-May.
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 September and August.
Against its neighbours, Ipiales runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Pupiales, 5 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Ipiales, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 34 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h