Taquile Weather in May
Taquile in May
The short of it: Taquile in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 23 mm (0.91 in) of rain and about 11 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 4° · rain 23 mm · daylight 11 h 23 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: November & October
Thirty years of records give Taquile an average May high of 16°, a low of 4° and some 23 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 23 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 23 min in mid-May, 22 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and October.
Against its neighbours, Taquile runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Capachica, 21 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Taquile, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 35 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapachicaPuno | 21 km NW | 17° | 2° | 19 mm |
| PlateríaPuno | 26 km SW | 18° | 1° | 16 mm |
| CaritamayaPuno | 28 km SSW | 17° | 1° | 17 mm |
| ChullunePuno | 33 km W | 18° | 1° | 13 mm |
| HuataPuno | 35 km WNW | 19° | 0° | 13 mm |
| IlavePuno | 35 km S | 18° | 1° | 18 mm |
| PunoPuno | 37 km WSW | 18° | 0° | 13 mm |
| PaucarcollaPuno | 40 km W | 19° | 0° | 11 mm |