Climate averages 1991–2020
Talara weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th 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 Talara: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sullana (74 km away). In May its highs average 31.7°C, 4.3°C warmer than Talara, with 4.9 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Talara ranks 8th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 23.7°C; Talara is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.8 mm to 1.4 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
Talara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 19 | 4.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 44 | 7.0 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 51 | 7.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 16 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 4.8 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 25.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 24.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 24.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| September | 24.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 3.8 | 1.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 14 | 2.7 | 12.412 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
- Sullana in MayPeru · 74 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Piura in MayPeru · 96 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Tumbes in MayPeru · 146 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Loja in MayEcuador · 238 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 82 mm rain
- La Libertad in MayEcuador · 264 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Chiclayo in MayPeru · 290 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in MayEcuador · 311 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Cuenca in MayEcuador · 314 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 100 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 Talara) is explained once on the Talara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.