Pucara Weather in May
Pucara in May
The short of it: Pucara in May averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of -7 °C (20 °F), with 6.0 mm (0.24 in) of rain and about 11 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low -7° · rain 6.0 mm · daylight 11 h 23 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & December
May in Pucara brings afternoons near 13° and nights around -7°, with about 6.0 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 13°, nights near -7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 6.0 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and December.
Against its neighbours, Pucara runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Huarancante, 24 km to the N, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Pucara, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 17 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 20°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HuarancanteArequipa | 24 km N | 11° | -8° | 9.0 mm |
| Jatun OrcochiriArequipa | 28 km NNE | 15° | -7° | 8.0 mm |
| ChalhuancaArequipa | 33 km NNE | 14° | -7° | 8.0 mm |
| VizcachaneArequipa | 34 km NE | 13° | -7° | 7.0 mm |
| Charcani ChicoArequipa | 37 km S | 21° | 5° | 0.0 mm |
| YuraArequipa | 38 km SW | 23° | 6° | 0.0 mm |
| Cono NorteArequipa | 39 km SSW | 22° | 5° | 0.0 mm |
| Cono NorteArequipa | 40 km SSW | 22° | 5° | 0.0 mm |