Yanacancha Weather in May
Yanacancha in May
The short of it: Yanacancha in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 11 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 1° · rain 20 mm · daylight 11 h 33 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Yanacancha an average May high of 16°, a low of 1° and some 20 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 1°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 20 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 33 min in mid-May, 17 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 August and June.
Against its neighbours, Yanacancha runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Iscos, 15 km to the NE, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Yanacancha, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 29 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IscosJunin | 15 km NE | 18° | 2° | 17 mm |
| Chongos AltoJunin | 16 km SE | 17° | 2° | 21 mm |
| HuasicanchaJunin | 18 km SE | 17° | 2° | 21 mm |
| ChupacaJunin | 19 km NE | 19° | 3° | 16 mm |
| HuayucachiJunin | 19 km ENE | 20° | 4° | 16 mm |
| ChambaraJunin | 19 km N | 18° | 2° | 16 mm |
| Huamancaca ChicoJunin | 20 km NE | 20° | 4° | 17 mm |
| PilcomayoJunin | 23 km NE | 20° | 4° | 17 mm |