Shirac Weather in May
Shirac in May
The short of it: Shirac in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 32 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 11 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 7° · rain 32 mm · daylight 11 h 47 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Shirac an average May high of 21°, a low of 7° and some 32 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 7°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 32 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 47 min in mid-May.
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 August and July.
Against its neighbours, Shirac runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Chuco, 5 km to the WNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Shirac, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 50 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChucoCajamarca Department | 5 km WNW | 22° | 7° | 36 mm |
| IchocánCajamarca Department | 9 km WSW | 24° | 9° | 23 mm |
| La GramaCajamarca Department | 16 km SW | 26° | 11° | 14 mm |
| OtutoCajamarca Department | 19 km S | 21° | 7° | 40 mm |
| CaudayCajamarca Department | 25 km S | 21° | 7° | 40 mm |
| MataráCajamarca Department | 26 km WNW | 23° | 8° | 33 mm |
| CajabambaCajamarca Department | 30 km S | 23° | 8° | 28 mm |
| AlgamarcaCajamarca Department | 36 km SW | 20° | 6° | 29 mm |