Tirapata Weather in May
Tirapata in May
The short of it: Tirapata in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of -3 °C (27 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 11 h 26 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low -3° · rain 10 mm · daylight 11 h 26 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & September
Thirty years of records give Tirapata an average May high of 18°, a low of -3° and some 10 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near -3°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 10 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 26 min in mid-May, 21 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 October and September.
Against its neighbours, Tirapata runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Ayaviri, 21 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Tirapata, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 32 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 21°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 26 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h