Climate averages 1991–2020
Pucallpa weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Pucallpa: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cruzeiro do Sul (223 km away). In May its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Pucallpa, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Pucallpa ranks 6th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 22nd of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 23.7°C; Pucallpa is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 98 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
Pucallpa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 302 | 25.6 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 313 | 23.5 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 350 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 257 | 22.9 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 28.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 158 | 19.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 98 | 14.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 28.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 82 | 11.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 99 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 148 | 15.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 226 | 21.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 276 | 23.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 289 | 25.5 | 12.613 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
- Cruzeiro do Sul in MayBrazil · 223 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in MayPeru · 253 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Huancayo in MayPeru · 416 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Chimbote in MayPeru · 451 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Chosica in MayPeru · 461 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in MayPeru · 487 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Lima in MayPeru · 489 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Trujillo in MayPeru · 493 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 Pucallpa) is explained once on the Pucallpa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.