Lares Weather in May
Lares in May
The short of it: Lares in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 1 °C (35 °F), with 12 mm (0.47 in) of rain and about 11 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 1° · rain 12 mm · daylight 11 h 31 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & August
Thirty years of records give Lares an average May high of 19°, a low of 1° and some 12 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 1°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 12 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 31 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 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and August.
Against its neighbours, Lares runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Choquecancha, 8 km to the N, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Lares, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 30 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 18°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChoquecanchaCuzco Department | 8 km N | 20° | 3° | 12 mm |
| HuaránCuzco Department | 23 km S | 21° | 4° | 7.0 mm |
| ArinCuzco Department | 23 km S | 21° | 4° | 7.0 mm |
| UrubambaCuzco Department | 24 km SSW | 22° | 4° | 8.0 mm |
| CalcaCuzco Department | 27 km SSE | 19° | 2° | 8.0 mm |
| OllantaytamboCuzco Department | 29 km SW | 20° | 2° | 13 mm |
| PongobambaCuzco Department | 36 km S | 17° | -1° | 11 mm |
| PisacCuzco Department | 41 km SSE | 20° | 2° | 7.0 mm |