Climate averages 1991–2020
Abancay weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Abancay: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cusco (100 km away). In May its highs average 15.3°C, 4.1°C cooler than Abancay, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Abancay ranks 20th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 23.7°C; Abancay is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 12 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
Abancay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 215 | 29.2 | 12.813 h |
| February | 19.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 200 | 27.1 | 12.513 h |
| March | 19.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 177 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 19.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 87 | 21.9 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 19.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 26 | 8.4 | 11.511 h |
| June | 19.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 12 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| July | 19.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 13 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| August | 20.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 22 | 6.4 | 11.712 h |
| September | 21.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 41 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 21.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 96 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 21.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 119 | 24.1 | 12.713 h |
| December | 20.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 178 | 27.8 | 12.913 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
- Cusco in MayPeru · 100 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Huancayo in MayPeru · 306 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Ica in MayPeru · 312 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in MayPeru · 352 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Juliaca in MayPeru · 361 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low -0.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Puno in MayPeru · 394 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 0.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in MayPeru · 416 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Chosica in MayPeru · 455 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 4.4 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 Abancay) is explained once on the Abancay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.