Tumbes Weather in May
Tumbes in May
The short of it: Tumbes in May averages a high of 31 °C (87 °F) and a low of 22 °C (71 °F), with 16 mm (0.63 in) of rain and about 11 h 57 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 22° · rain 16 mm · daylight 11 h 57 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & September
Thirty years of records give Tumbes an average May high of 31°, a low of 22° and some 16 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 16 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 57 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and September.
Against its neighbours, Tumbes runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Garbanzal, 6 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Tumbes, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 22 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GarbanzalTumbes | 6 km S | 31° | 22° | 15 mm |
| San Juan de la VirgenTumbes | 8 km S | 31° | 22° | 14 mm |
| La PeñaTumbes | 13 km S | 31° | 22° | 16 mm |
| Cruz BlancaTumbes | 13 km S | 31° | 22° | 16 mm |
| VaqueríaTumbes | 17 km S | 31° | 22° | 16 mm |
| CabuyalTumbes | 18 km S | 31° | 22° | 15 mm |
| OidorTumbes | 19 km S | 31° | 22° | 16 mm |
| ZarumillaTumbes | 20 km ENE | 31° | 22° | 20 mm |