Climate averages 1991–2020
Ibarra weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Ibarra: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tulcán (69 km away). In May its highs average 16.2°C, 3.9°C cooler than Ibarra, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Ibarra ranks 7th of 9 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 9 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 9 cities is 23.3°C; Ibarra is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 120 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
Ibarra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 146 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 20.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 146 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 20.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 185 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 20.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 210 | 27.7 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 20.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 160 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 19.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 120 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| July | 20.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 108 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 21.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 66 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| September | 21.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 75 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 21.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 133 | 24.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 19.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 175 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 19.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 165 | 24.0 | 12.112 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
- Tulcán in MayEcuador · 69 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Ipiales in MayColombia · 76 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 200 mm rain
- Pasto in MayColombia · 135 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in MayEcuador · 135 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 252 mm rain
- Tumaco in MayColombia · 177 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 404 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in MayEcuador · 183 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Pitalito in MayColombia · 285 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.1°C · 307 mm rain
- Popayán in MayColombia · 287 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 197 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 Ibarra) is explained once on the Ibarra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.