Buenos Aires Weather in May
Buenos Aires in May
The short of it: Buenos Aires in May averages a high of 30 °C (86 °F) and a low of 19 °C (66 °F), with 2.0 mm (0.08 in) of rain and about 11 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 19° · rain 2.0 mm · daylight 11 h 53 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Buenos Aires brings afternoons near 30° and nights around 19°, with about 2.0 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 30°, nights near 19°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 2.0 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 53 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Buenos Aires runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Pueblo Nuevo, 4 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Buenos Aires, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 22 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pueblo NuevoPiura | 4 km NW | 30° | 19° | 1.0 mm |
| MorropónPiura | 9 km N | 30° | 19° | 2.0 mm |
| La MatanzaPiura | 15 km WNW | 30° | 19° | 3.0 mm |
| San PedroPiura | 21 km NNW | 30° | 19° | 2.0 mm |
| Balcones de TalandracasPiura | 23 km NNW | 30° | 19° | 2.0 mm |
| Palo BlancoPiura | 23 km SE | 29° | 18° | 3.0 mm |
| TamboyaPiura | 24 km ENE | 26° | 14° | 27 mm |
| HuasimalPiura | 26 km WNW | 30° | 19° | 2.0 mm |