Climate averages 1991–2020
Chosica weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 5th 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 Chosica: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Anita - Los Ficus (31 km away). In May its highs average 20.9°C, 3.1°C cooler than Chosica, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Chosica ranks 13th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 23.7°C; Chosica is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.4 mm to under 1 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
Chosica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 64 | 13.9 | 12.713 h |
| February | 24.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 104 | 19.4 | 12.512 h |
| March | 24.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 89 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 26 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 24.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 4.4 | 1.3 | 11.612 h |
| June | 23.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 23.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| August | 23.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 23.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 4.0 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 8.6 | 2.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 23.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 8.5 | 2.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 24.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 20 | 6.2 | 12.813 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
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in MayPeru · 31 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Lima in MayPeru · 36 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Callao in MayPeru · 48 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Huancayo in MayPeru · 164 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in MayPeru · 175 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in MayPeru · 230 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Ica in MayPeru · 260 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Chimbote in MayPeru · 380 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.3 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 Chosica) is explained once on the Chosica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.