Riobamba Weather in May
Riobamba in May
The short of it: Riobamba in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 42 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 42 mm · daylight 12 h 3 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Riobamba an average May high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 42 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 42 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 3 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 December and January.
Against its neighbours, Riobamba runs about middling and drier than most in May. Guano, 7 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Riobamba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 17 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GuanoChimborazo Province | 7 km NNE | 20° | 9° | 43 mm |
| GuarandaBolívar | 39 km WNW | 18° | 9° | 52 mm |
| PelileoTungurahua Province | 39 km NNE | 20° | 9° | 54 mm |
| BañosTungurahua Province | 40 km NE | 22° | 12° | 102 mm |
| San Miguel de BolívarBolívar | 43 km W | 18° | 9° | 67 mm |
| AmbatoTungurahua Province | 46 km N | 20° | 9° | 48 mm |
| PíllaroTungurahua Province | 56 km NNE | 20° | 9° | 54 mm |
| AlausíChimborazo Province | 63 km SSW | 19° | 10° | 46 mm |