Ambato Weather in May
Ambato in May
The short of it: Ambato in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 0 °C (33 °F), with 28 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 11 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 0° · rain 28 mm · daylight 11 h 32 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & November
Thirty years of records give Ambato an average May high of 16°, a low of 0° and some 28 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 0°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 28 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 32 min in mid-May, 18 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and November.
Against its neighbours, Ambato runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Pampachacra, 12 km to the WSW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Ambato, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 27 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PampachacraHuancavelica | 12 km WSW | 15° | 0° | 26 mm |
| HuancavelicaHuancavelica | 17 km WSW | 15° | 0° | 26 mm |
| AscencionHuancavelica | 18 km WSW | 15° | 0° | 26 mm |
| PucutoHuancavelica | 20 km NNW | 18° | 3° | 24 mm |
| Puca CruzHuancavelica | 21 km E | 16° | 1° | 31 mm |
| CasacanchaHuancavelica | 21 km ESE | 17° | 2° | 31 mm |
| AntaHuancavelica | 21 km ESE | 17° | 2° | 28 mm |
| AndabambaHuancavelica | 22 km ENE | 21° | 6° | 20 mm |