Huaraz climate

Huaraz Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Huaraz, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 16°C on May 1 to 16°C on May 31, and lows from 2°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 28 mm over about 6 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Huaraz, in °C, with the record for each date.-50510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
16°C
Average low
2°C
Precipitation
28 mm
Reanalysis high
20°CMay 13, 2004
Reanalysis low
-5°CMay 28, 2006
Daylight
11 h 46 min to 11 h 36 min
Cloud cover
52%
Humidity
66%
Dew point
1°C
Wind
7.9 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 116°C2°C18°C 20040°C 200719%
May 216°C2°C19°C 20010°C 199419%
May 316°C2°C19°C 20110°C 201719%
May 416°C2°C19°C 2011-3°C 201618%
May 516°C2°C19°C 2011-1°C 201818%
May 616°C2°C20°C 2010-2°C 200819%
May 716°C2°C19°C 2010-1°C 201219%
May 816°C2°C19°C 20200°C 199919%
May 916°C2°C19°C 2004-1°C 199818%
May 1016°C2°C19°C 20040°C 201418%
May 1116°C2°C19°C 2010-1°C 199918%
May 1217°C2°C20°C 20100°C 200317%
May 1316°C2°C20°C 2004-1°C 199517%
May 1416°C2°C19°C 2010-1°C 199516%
May 1516°C2°C19°C 2010-1°C 200617%
May 1616°C2°C20°C 2007-1°C 199216%
May 1716°C2°C19°C 2007-2°C 199616%
May 1816°C2°C20°C 2010-1°C 201916%
May 1916°C2°C19°C 2010-2°C 199216%
May 2016°C2°C18°C 2007-1°C 200816%
May 2116°C2°C19°C 2007-1°C 199915%
May 2216°C2°C18°C 2003-1°C 199915%
May 2316°C2°C19°C 2005-1°C 199915%
May 2416°C2°C19°C 2010-1°C 201815%
May 2516°C1°C18°C 2011-1°C 200215%
May 2616°C1°C18°C 2016-3°C 200615%
May 2716°C1°C18°C 2020-4°C 200614%
May 2816°C1°C18°C 2020-5°C 200613%
May 2916°C1°C18°C 2007-3°C 200613%
May 3016°C1°C19°C 2010-2°C 201212%
May 3116°C1°C19°C 2011-3°C 199613%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Huaraz, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-5).

May 1
sunrise 6:14 AM, sunset 6:00 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 5:56 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.