Cotacachi Weather in May
Cotacachi in May
The short of it: Cotacachi in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 12 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 10° · rain 70 mm · daylight 12 h 8 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
May in Cotacachi brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 10°, with about 70 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 8 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Cotacachi runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Atuntaqui, 6 km to the ENE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Cotacachi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 43 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AtuntaquiImbabura | 6 km ENE | 21° | 10° | 69 mm |
| OtavaloImbabura | 7 km S | 20° | 9° | 70 mm |
| IbarraImbabura | 17 km ENE | 22° | 11° | 55 mm |
| CayambePichincha | 32 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 75 mm |
| PimampiroImbabura | 38 km ENE | 23° | 12° | 49 mm |
| PomasquiPichincha | 45 km SSW | 21° | 10° | 75 mm |
| El ÁngelCarchi | 51 km NE | 16° | 6° | 96 mm |
| OyambarilloPichincha | 55 km S | 21° | 9° | 90 mm |