Vilcabamba Weather in May
Vilcabamba in May
The short of it: Vilcabamba in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 14 mm (0.55 in) of rain and about 11 h 28 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 2° · rain 14 mm · daylight 11 h 28 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Vilcabamba an average May high of 20°, a low of 2° and some 14 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 2°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 14 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 28 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 September and August.
Against its neighbours, Vilcabamba runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Ayrihuanca, 4 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Vilcabamba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 40 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AyrihuancaApurímac Department | 4 km SSE | 19° | 1° | 12 mm |
| ProgresoApurímac Department | 16 km E | 16° | -2° | 13 mm |
| TurpayApurímac Department | 17 km S | 19° | 1° | 13 mm |
| MamaraApurímac Department | 17 km SSE | 19° | 1° | 13 mm |
| HuayllatiApurímac Department | 22 km NE | 18° | 1° | 12 mm |
| LambramaApurímac Department | 28 km NW | 20° | 3° | 15 mm |
| AcpitánApurímac Department | 35 km NE | 18° | 1° | 12 mm |
| HuaquircaApurímac Department | 41 km SW | 19° | 1° | 14 mm |