Sandia Weather in May
Sandia in May
The short of it: Sandia in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 11 h 27 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 3° · rain 45 mm · daylight 11 h 27 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & May
Thirty years of records give Sandia an average May high of 18°, a low of 3° and some 45 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 3°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 27 min in mid-May, 20 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 August and May.
Against its neighbours, Sandia runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Iguara, 7 km to the SSW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Sandia, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 24 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IguaraPuno | 7 km SSW | 20° | 4° | 43 mm |
| La RinconadaPuno | 35 km S | 11° | -6° | 24 mm |
| La Rinconada Ana Maria (La Rinconada)Puno | 35 km S | 11° | -6° | 24 mm |
| Pampa YanamayoPuno | 41 km NNE | 24° | 12° | 93 mm |
| CruceroPuno | 60 km W | 16° | -4° | 15 mm |
| SallacconiPuno | 60 km WNW | 15° | -4° | 19 mm |
| EsquenaPuno | 68 km NW | 15° | -2° | 22 mm |
| CojataPuno | 78 km S | 15° | -3° | 24 mm |