Colca Weather in May
Colca in May
The short of it: Colca in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 15 mm (0.59 in) of rain and about 11 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 5° · rain 15 mm · daylight 11 h 29 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: November & October
Thirty years of records give Colca an average May high of 20°, a low of 5° and some 15 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 5°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 15 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 29 min in mid-May, 19 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and October.
Against its neighbours, Colca runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Huancaraylla, 7 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Colca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 19 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HuancarayllaAyacucho | 7 km W | 19° | 3° | 15 mm |
| CircamarcaAyacucho | 10 km W | 19° | 3° | 15 mm |
| CayaraAyacucho | 10 km SSE | 19° | 3° | 16 mm |
| San Juan de ChitoAyacucho | 14 km NE | 18° | 2° | 18 mm |
| VischongoAyacucho | 14 km NNE | 20° | 4° | 16 mm |
| AccomarcaAyacucho | 17 km SE | 20° | 5° | 16 mm |
| HuamboAyacucho | 17 km WNW | 16° | 0° | 19 mm |
| CarampaAyacucho | 23 km WNW | 21° | 5° | 12 mm |