La Merced Weather in May
La Merced in May
The short of it: La Merced in May averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 21 mm (0.83 in) of rain and about 11 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 7° · rain 21 mm · daylight 11 h 32 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give La Merced an average May high of 22°, a low of 7° and some 21 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 22°, nights near 7°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 21 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 light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, La Merced runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Mayocc, 4 km to the WSW, is 3° warmer by day.
May in La Merced, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 14 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MayoccHuancavelica | 4 km WSW | 25° | 10° | 16 mm |
| San José de SecceAyacucho | 12 km ENE | 23° | 8° | 19 mm |
| MarcasHuancavelica | 12 km SSW | 21° | 6° | 22 mm |
| ChacaAyacucho | 17 km E | 17° | 2° | 32 mm |
| HuantaAyacucho | 20 km SE | 22° | 7° | 17 mm |
| CongallaHuancavelica | 24 km SW | 22° | 7° | 17 mm |
| San Pedro de CorisHuancavelica | 24 km NNW | 24° | 9° | 24 mm |
| TororumiHuancavelica | 25 km W | 17° | 2° | 31 mm |