Piriápolis Weather in May
Piriápolis in May
The short of it: Piriápolis in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 91 mm (3.6 in) of rain and about 10 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 11° · rain 91 mm · daylight 10 h 19 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & November
May in Piriápolis brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 11°, with about 91 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 91 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 19 min in mid-May, 56 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and November.
Against its neighbours, Piriápolis runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Pan de Azúcar, 10 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Piriápolis, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pan de AzúcarMaldonado | 10 km NNE | 19° | 10° | 96 mm |
| MaldonadoMaldonado | 30 km E | 18° | 11° | 91 mm |
| Punta del EsteMaldonado | 32 km ESE | 18° | 11° | 87 mm |
| San CarlosMaldonado | 33 km ENE | 19° | 11° | 102 mm |
| Solís de MataojoLavalleja | 34 km NNW | 19° | 10° | 103 mm |
| La FlorestaCanelones | 39 km WNW | 19° | 10° | 94 mm |
| Las ToscasCanelones | 43 km WNW | 19° | 10° | 95 mm |
| SocaCanelones | 44 km WNW | 19° | 10° | 97 mm |