Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Maldonado weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Puerto Maldonado: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cusco (318 km away). In May its highs average 15.3°C, 12.4°C cooler than Puerto Maldonado, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Puerto Maldonado ranks 7th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 23.7°C; Puerto Maldonado is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 52 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
Puerto Maldonado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 369 | 27.1 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 361 | 24.7 | 12.513 h |
| March | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 300 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 168 | 19.1 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 27.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 88 | 13.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 52 | 9.2 | 11.411 h |
| July | 27.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 46 | 7.8 | 11.511 h |
| August | 30.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 119 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 223 | 21.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 259 | 22.2 | 12.713 h |
| December | 29.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 330 | 26.1 | 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
- Cusco in MayPeru · 318 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Rio Branco in MayBrazil · 328 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Juliaca in MayPeru · 339 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low -0.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Puno in MayPeru · 372 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 0.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Riberalta in MayBolivia · 385 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Abancay in MayPeru · 416 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 26 mm rain
- La Paz in MayBolivia · 449 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Viacha in MayBolivia · 462 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 0.2°C · 14 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 Puerto Maldonado) is explained once on the Puerto Maldonado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.