Climate averages 1991–2020
Huancayo weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Huancayo: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Chosica (164 km away). In May its highs average 24.1°C, 10.5°C warmer than Huancayo, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huancayo ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 20th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 23.7°C; Huancayo is 10.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 24 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
Huancayo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 243 | 29.5 | 12.713 h |
| February | 13.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 250 | 27.3 | 12.512 h |
| March | 13.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 222 | 30.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 13.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 113 | 24.9 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 13.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 53 | 15.7 | 11.612 h |
| June | 13.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 24 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| July | 13.2°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 24 | 8.1 | 11.511 h |
| August | 13.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 44 | 13.6 | 11.712 h |
| September | 13.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 90 | 23.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 14.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 147 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 14.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 153 | 26.4 | 12.713 h |
| December | 14.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 214 | 28.4 | 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
- Chosica in MayPeru · 164 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in MayPeru · 180 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in MayPeru · 192 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Lima in MayPeru · 198 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Callao in MayPeru · 209 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Ica in MayPeru · 230 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in MayPeru · 263 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Abancay in MayPeru · 306 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 26 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 Huancayo) is explained once on the Huancayo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.