Cuenca Weather in May
Cuenca in May
The short of it: Cuenca in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 11 h 59 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 9° · rain 54 mm · daylight 11 h 59 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Cuenca brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 9°, with about 54 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 59 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Cuenca runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Llacao, 13 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Cuenca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 37 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 59 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LlacaoAzuay | 13 km ENE | 21° | 10° | 58 mm |
| NultiAzuay | 16 km E | 17° | 7° | 73 mm |
| AzoguesCanar | 24 km NE | 20° | 9° | 67 mm |
| GualaceoAzuay | 24 km E | 21° | 10° | 85 mm |
| La UniónAzuay | 24 km ENE | 21° | 10° | 82 mm |
| CañarCanar | 38 km N | 17° | 6° | 64 mm |
| La TroncalCanar | 65 km NW | 30° | 21° | 122 mm |
| GualaquizaMorona-Santiago Province | 73 km SE | 27° | 18° | 201 mm |