Lima Weather in May
Lima in May
The short of it: Lima in May averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 114 mm (4.5 in) of rain and about 10 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 15° · rain 114 mm · daylight 10 h 58 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Lima an average May high of 26°, a low of 15° and some 114 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against April, to near 26°; nights run about 15°. Wet spells are common — about 114 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 58 min in mid-May, 35 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Lima runs about middling and about as wet in May. Colonia Nueva Germania, 23 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Lima, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 11 mm more rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonia Nueva GermaniaSan Pedro Department | 23 km W | 26° | 15° | 111 mm |
| TacuatíSan Pedro Department | 54 km NNW | 26° | 15° | 118 mm |
| San Pedro de YcuamandyyúSan Pedro Department | 66 km WSW | 26° | 15° | 101 mm |
| San Pablo de YcuámandyyúSan Pedro Department | 67 km WSW | 26° | 15° | 101 mm |
| GuajayviSan Pedro Department | 72 km S | 25° | 14° | 115 mm |
| General Elizardo AquinoSan Pedro Department | 76 km SW | 25° | 15° | 101 mm |
| AntequeraSan Pedro Department | 77 km WSW | 26° | 15° | 100 mm |
| Itacurubí del RosarioSan Pedro Department | 80 km SSW | 25° | 15° | 102 mm |