Latacunga Weather in May
Latacunga in May
The short of it: Latacunga in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 40 mm · daylight 12 h 4 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & September
Thirty years of records give Latacunga an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 40 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 4 min in mid-May.
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 January and September.
Against its neighbours, Latacunga runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Pujilí, 9 km to the WSW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Latacunga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 25 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PujilíCotopaxi | 9 km WSW | 18° | 8° | 34 mm |
| SaquisilíCotopaxi | 12 km NNW | 18° | 7° | 41 mm |
| San MiguelCotopaxi | 13 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 46 mm |
| PíllaroTungurahua Province | 28 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 54 mm |
| AmbatoTungurahua Province | 35 km S | 20° | 9° | 48 mm |
| PelileoTungurahua Province | 45 km S | 20° | 9° | 54 mm |
| MachachiPichincha | 47 km N | 19° | 7° | 80 mm |
| BañosTungurahua Province | 56 km SSE | 22° | 12° | 102 mm |