Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuenca weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Cuenca: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (124 km away). In May its highs average 28.2°C, 10.8°C warmer than Cuenca, with 287 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Cuenca ranks 8th of 9 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 9 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 9 cities is 23.3°C; Cuenca is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cuenca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 146 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| February | 18.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 174 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 183 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 17.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 155 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 100 | 22.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 16.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 78 | 18.6 | 12.012 h |
| July | 16.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 74 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 16.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 54 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 18.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 127 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 174 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 18.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 172 | 24.6 | 12.312 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Eloy Alfaro in MayEcuador · 124 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Loja in MayEcuador · 124 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Tumbes in MayPeru · 177 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- La Libertad in MayEcuador · 225 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Portoviejo in MayEcuador · 261 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Sullana in MayPeru · 292 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in MayEcuador · 294 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 252 mm rain
- Piura in MayPeru · 314 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 6.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cuenca) is explained once on the Cuenca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.