Climate averages 1991–2020
La Libertad weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in La Libertad: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (119 km away). In May its highs average 28.2°C, 2.3°C warmer than La Libertad, with 287 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, La Libertad ranks 4th of 9 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 9 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 9 cities is 23.3°C; La Libertad is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 13 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
La Libertad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 65 | 9.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 102 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 88 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 47 | 8.1 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 25.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 26 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 24.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| July | 24.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 13 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| August | 23.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 7.8 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 23.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 8.9 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 11 | 2.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 30 | 4.2 | 12.212 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 · 119 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Portoviejo in MayEcuador · 140 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Tumbes in MayPeru · 156 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Cuenca in MayEcuador · 225 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Talara in MayPeru · 264 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Loja in MayEcuador · 272 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in MayEcuador · 293 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 252 mm rain
- Sullana in MayPeru · 298 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.9 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 La Libertad) is explained once on the La Libertad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.