Popayán Weather in May
Popayán in May
The short of it: Popayán in May averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 14 °C (56 °F), with 159 mm (6.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 14° · rain 159 mm · daylight 12 h 14 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Popayán an average May high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 159 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 159 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 14 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Popayán runs about middling and drier than most in May. Paispamba, 20 km to the S, is 5° cooler by day.
May in Popayán, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 48 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PaispambaCauca Department | 20 km S | 19° | 9° | 166 mm |
| LópezCauca Department | 21 km W | 25° | 15° | 218 mm |
| CajibíoCauca Department | 21 km NNE | 24° | 13° | 175 mm |
| El TamboCauca Department | 22 km W | 25° | 15° | 218 mm |
| PiendamoCauca Department | 24 km NNE | 23° | 13° | 158 mm |
| RosasCauca Department | 24 km SW | 24° | 15° | 165 mm |
| TotoróCauca Department | 25 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 136 mm |
| Villa RicaCauca Department | 28 km WNW | 24° | 14° | 248 mm |