Cusco Weather in May
Cusco in May
The short of it: Cusco in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 1 °C (35 °F), with 7.0 mm (0.28 in) of rain and about 11 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 1° · rain 7.0 mm · daylight 11 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & September
Thirty years of records give Cusco an average May high of 19°, a low of 1° and some 7.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 1°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 7.0 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 30 min in mid-May, 19 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and September.
Against its neighbours, Cusco runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Wanchaq, 1 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Cusco, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 30 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 18°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WanchaqCuzco Department | 1 km NNE | 19° | 1° | 7.0 mm |
| SantiagoCuzco Department | 2 km WNW | 19° | 1° | 7.0 mm |
| PoroyCuzco Department | 9 km WNW | 19° | 1° | 7.0 mm |
| PongobambaCuzco Department | 14 km NNW | 17° | -1° | 11 mm |
| PisacCuzco Department | 18 km NE | 20° | 2° | 7.0 mm |
| AntaCuzco Department | 21 km WNW | 20° | 2° | 8.0 mm |
| CalcaCuzco Department | 22 km N | 19° | 2° | 8.0 mm |
| OropesaCuzco Department | 23 km ESE | 20° | 2° | 7.0 mm |