Platería Weather in May
Platería in May
The short of it: Platería in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 16 mm (0.63 in) of rain and about 11 h 23 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 18° · low 1° · rain 16 mm · daylight 11 h 23 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Platería an average May high of 18°, a low of 1° and some 16 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 1°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 16 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 23 min in mid-May, 23 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 September and August.
Against its neighbours, Platería runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Caritamaya, 11 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Platería, 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
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CaritamayaPuno | 11 km SE | 17° | 1° | 17 mm |
| ChullunePuno | 22 km NW | 18° | 1° | 13 mm |
| IlavePuno | 23 km SE | 18° | 1° | 18 mm |
| PunoPuno | 24 km WNW | 18° | 0° | 13 mm |
| TaquilePuno | 26 km NE | 16° | 4° | 23 mm |
| ChijichayaPuno | 29 km SSE | 18° | 1° | 15 mm |
| PaucarcollaPuno | 33 km NW | 19° | 0° | 11 mm |
| CapachicaPuno | 34 km N | 17° | 2° | 19 mm |