Yanacocha Weather in May
Yanacocha in May
The short of it: Yanacocha in May averages a high of 15 °C (60 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 38 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 11 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 2° · rain 38 mm · daylight 11 h 38 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & May
Thirty years of records give Yanacocha an average May high of 15°, a low of 2° and some 38 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 38 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 38 min in mid-May.
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 May.
Against its neighbours, Yanacocha runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Yanahuanca, 5 km to the S, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Yanacocha, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 29 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YanahuancaPasco | 5 km S | 13° | -1° | 42 mm |
| ChaupimarcaPasco | 8 km NNE | 14° | 1° | 43 mm |
| PaucarPasco | 13 km NNE | 16° | 2° | 39 mm |
| HuayoPasco | 14 km E | 14° | 0° | 47 mm |
| VinchosPasco | 24 km E | 14° | 0° | 51 mm |
| CaynaHuánuco Department | 25 km NNE | 20° | 6° | 28 mm |
| MoscaHuánuco Department | 27 km ENE | 19° | 5° | 30 mm |
| RauraHuánuco Department | 27 km W | 8° | -5° | 35 mm |