Ambato weather in May

In May, Ambato sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 171 mm of rain across 28.8 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ambato's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ambato's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 171 mm; 28.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:12 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 85%; 8th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Ambato is city in Ecuador, capital of the Tungurahua Province.

Air quality: Good; PM10 19.7 µg/m³ · 2012
Density: 8,329/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1698

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical May day in Ambato reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	16	7
8	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7
29	15	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

Ambato weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 7°	176	27.4	12.1	2.9
Feb	16° / 7°	193	25.4	12	2.8
Mar	16° / 7°	229	29.8	12	2.6
Apr	16° / 7°	212	29.3	12	2.6
May	16° / 7°	171	28.8	11.9	2.6
Jun	14° / 6°	165	25.6	11.9	2.6
Jul	14° / 5°	164	26.5	11.9	2.5
Aug	14° / 5°	125	23.5	12	2.8
Sep	15° / 6°	117	23	12	3.1
Oct	16° / 7°	164	26.3	12	3.0
Nov	16° / 7°	187	27.1	12.1	2.9
Dec	16° / 7°	191	28.2	12.1	2.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Cloudier (%)	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	94	94	94	94	94	93	93

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	5	95
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	7	93
31	7	93

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ambato gets around 171 mm of rain over 28.8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 93% and peaks near 96% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	95
6	95
7	95
8	95
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	93
13	93
14	93
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	92
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	90
30	90
31	90

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:10 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14
Sunset (PM)	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:13	6:10
2	12.0	6:13	6:10
3	12.0	6:13	6:10
4	12.0	6:13	6:10
5	12.0	6:13	6:10
6	12.0	6:13	6:10
7	12.0	6:12	6:10
8	12.0	6:12	6:09
9	11.9	6:12	6:09
10	11.9	6:12	6:09
11	11.9	6:12	6:09
12	11.9	6:12	6:09
13	11.9	6:12	6:09
14	11.9	6:12	6:09
15	11.9	6:12	6:09
16	11.9	6:12	6:09
17	11.9	6:12	6:09
18	11.9	6:12	6:09
19	11.9	6:13	6:09
20	11.9	6:13	6:09
21	11.9	6:13	6:09
22	11.9	6:13	6:09
23	11.9	6:13	6:09
24	11.9	6:13	6:09
25	11.9	6:13	6:09
26	11.9	6:13	6:09
27	11.9	6:13	6:09
28	11.9	6:13	6:10
29	11.9	6:14	6:10
30	11.9	6:14	6:10
31	11.9	6:14	6:10

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ambato?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ambato.

What to pack for Ambato in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Ambato sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

UV index in Ambato in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ambato peaks around February 19 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 at about 13 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	19	19	15	15	13	13	14	15	16	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	19	Extreme
Mar	19	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	15	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	16	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Ambato in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ambato is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 13 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	19	21	21	19	16	13	13	17	21	20	21	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ambato?

Ambato sits at 1.2°S, 78.6°W, 2,597 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Pelileo, 12 km away.

Topography around Ambato

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ambato.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ambato has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 407 m around an average of 2,594 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,160 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,174 m.

The land around Ambato is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

407 m

artificial surfaces 64%

16 km

2,160 m

grassland 48%

80 km

6,174 m

trees 47%

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← April Ambato year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Pelileo 12 km · Banos 27 km · Pujilí 34 km · Latacunga 35 km · Riobamba 46 km · Guaranda 57 km · Puyo 73 km · La Maná 76 km

Ecuador travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 43% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $7,125; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 70%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 45.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 466
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ambato (-1.2491°, -78.6167°, elevation 2,597 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	16	7
8	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7
29	15	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	5	95
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	95
6	95
7	95
8	95
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	93
13	93
14	93
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	92
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	90
30	90
31	90

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	16	7
8	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7
29	15	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	5	95
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	95
6	95
7	95
8	95
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	93
13	93
14	93
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	92
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	90
30	90
31	90

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	16	7
8	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7
29	15	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	5	95
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	95
6	95
7	95
8	95
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	93
13	93
14	93
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	92
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	90
30	90
31	90

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100