Climate averages 1991–2020
Huánuco weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 711 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 4.6°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
May is a warm month in Huánuco: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chosica (230 km away). In May its highs average 24.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Huánuco, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huánuco ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 19th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 23.7°C; Huánuco is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 23 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
Huánuco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 161 | 26.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 178 | 25.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 156 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 81 | 18.3 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 23.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 48 | 13.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 23 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| July | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 11.612 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 23 | 6.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 35 | 10.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 69 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 96 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| December | 23.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 138 | 25.1 | 12.713 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 · 230 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in MayPeru · 249 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Lima in MayPeru · 250 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Pucallpa in MayPeru · 253 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Callao in MayPeru · 255 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Huancayo in MayPeru · 263 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Chimbote in MayPeru · 275 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Trujillo in MayPeru · 367 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 3.6 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 Huánuco) is explained once on the Huánuco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.