Buenos Aires Weather in May
Buenos Aires in May
The short of it: Buenos Aires in May averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 13° · rain 58 mm · daylight 12 h 58 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: February & March
May in Buenos Aires brings afternoons near 26° and nights around 13°, with about 58 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 26°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 58 min in mid-May, 26 minutes more than a month before.
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 February and March.
Against its neighbours, Buenos Aires runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Santos Reyes Pápalo, 16 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Buenos Aires, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 33 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santos Reyes PápaloOaxaca | 16 km S | 26° | 12° | 56 mm |
| Huautla de JiménezPuebla | 20 km N | 31° | 17° | 99 mm |
| CuicatlanOaxaca | 20 km SW | 37° | 21° | 34 mm |
| San Bartolomé AyautlaOaxaca | 21 km ENE | 34° | 20° | 133 mm |
| San Mateo YoloxochitlánOaxaca | 21 km N | 31° | 17° | 99 mm |
| Teotitlán de Flores MagónOaxaca | 31 km NW | 36° | 18° | 58 mm |
| San Felipe UsilaOaxaca | 35 km ESE | 34° | 22° | 119 mm |
| San Felipe Jalapa de DíazOaxaca | 36 km ENE | 35° | 23° | 134 mm |