Vilcabamba weather in May

In May, Vilcabamba sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 95 mm of rain across 18 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Vilcabamba's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vilcabamba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 95 mm; 18 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:19 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Vilcabamba is village and rural parish of Loja Province in Ecuador.

Founded: 1576

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 21°C through the month.

A typical May day in Vilcabamba reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 22°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Vilcabamba weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 13°	184	23.6	12.2	4.2
Feb	21° / 13°	221	23.7	12.1	3.9
Mar	21° / 13°	220	25.3	12	4.0
Apr	21° / 13°	166	22.3	11.9	4.4
May	21° / 13°	95	18	11.8	5.1
Jun	20° / 12°	58	13.3	11.8	5.7
Jul	19° / 12°	48	11.9	11.8	5.9
Aug	20° / 12°	30	9.1	11.9	6.5
Sep	21° / 12°	44	10	12	6.3
Oct	21° / 13°	103	17.5	12.1	5.2
Nov	21° / 13°	144	19.6	12.2	4.7
Dec	21° / 13°	168	22.9	12.2	4.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	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 (%)	27	28	29	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	32	32	33	32	33	33	33	32	33	33	33	32	32	31	30	30	30	31	31	31	33
Cloudier (%)	73	72	71	71	70	70	69	68	68	67	68	68	67	68	67	67	67	68	67	67	67	68	68	69	70	70	70	69	69	69	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Vilcabamba gets around 95 mm of rain over 18 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 59% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	64	63	63	63	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	55	55	54	53	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	63
3	63
4	63
5	62
6	62
7	61
8	61
9	61
10	60
11	60
12	60
13	60
14	59
15	59
16	59
17	59
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	58
22	57
23	57
24	57
25	56
26	56
27	55
28	55
29	54
30	53
31	52

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 55% 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 (%)	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	51	52	54	55	57	58	60	61	63	64	66	67	69	70	72	73
Comfortable (%)	53	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	50	50	49	48	46	45	43	42	40	39	37	36	34	33	31	30	28	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	51	49
17	52	48
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	60	40
23	61	39
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	66	34
27	67	33
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	72	28
31	73	27

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
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12	6	calm
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17	6	calm
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26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 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 6:19 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:07 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)	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:19	6:10
2	11.8	6:18	6:09
3	11.8	6:18	6:09
4	11.8	6:18	6:09
5	11.8	6:18	6:09
6	11.8	6:18	6:09
7	11.8	6:18	6:08
8	11.8	6:18	6:08
9	11.8	6:18	6:08
10	11.8	6:19	6:08
11	11.8	6:19	6:08
12	11.8	6:19	6:08
13	11.8	6:19	6:08
14	11.8	6:19	6:08
15	11.8	6:19	6:07
16	11.8	6:19	6:07
17	11.8	6:19	6:07
18	11.8	6:19	6:07
19	11.8	6:19	6:07
20	11.8	6:19	6:07
21	11.8	6:19	6:07
22	11.8	6:20	6:07
23	11.8	6:20	6:07
24	11.8	6:20	6:07
25	11.8	6:20	6:07
26	11.8	6:20	6:07
27	11.8	6:20	6:07
28	11.8	6:21	6:07
29	11.8	6:21	6:07
30	11.8	6:21	6:07
31	11.8	6:21	6:07

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.73 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
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	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Vilcabamba

In seasonPeak

None of Vilcabamba's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Vilcabamba's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Vilcabamba?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

3.0

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Vilcabamba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vilcabamba in May

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

In May, Vilcabamba sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

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UV index in Vilcabamba in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Vilcabamba peaks around February 16 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 12 (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)	16	18	17	14	14	12	12	12	14	15	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	18	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Vilcabamba 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 Vilcabamba is worst in September — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (July, 7 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)	10	11	10	10	8	7	7	11	17	14	16	12
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	10	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	7	Good
Jul	7	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Vilcabamba?

Vilcabamba sits at 4.3°S, 79.2°W, 0 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Loja, 30 km away.

Topography around Vilcabamba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vilcabamba has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 570 m around an average of 1,715 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,458 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,521 m.

The land around Vilcabamba is covered by trees (54%) and grassland (42%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and grassland (46%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

570 m

trees 54%

16 km

2,458 m

trees 49%

80 km

3,521 m

trees 69%

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

May weather nearby: Loja 30 km · Catamayo 34 km · Zamora 37 km · Cariamanga 38 km · Piñas 82 km · Santa Rosa 122 km · Arenillas 122 km · Pasaje 123 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 Vilcabamba (-4.2608°, -79.2227°, elevation 0 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	21	13
2	21	13
3	21	13
4	21	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	21	13
16	21	13
17	21	13
18	21	13
19	21	13
20	21	13
21	21	13
22	21	13
23	21	13
24	21	13
25	21	13
26	21	13
27	21	13
28	20	13
29	20	13
30	20	13
31	20	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	63
3	63
4	63
5	62
6	62
7	61
8	61
9	61
10	60
11	60
12	60
13	60
14	59
15	59
16	59
17	59
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	58
22	57
23	57
24	57
25	56
26	56
27	55
28	55
29	54
30	53
31	52

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	51	49
17	52	48
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	60	40
23	61	39
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	66	34
27	67	33
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	72	28
31	73	27

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	63
3	63
4	63
5	62
6	62
7	61
8	61
9	61
10	60
11	60
12	60
13	60
14	59
15	59
16	59
17	59
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	58
22	57
23	57
24	57
25	56
26	56
27	55
28	55
29	54
30	53
31	52

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	51	49
17	52	48
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	60	40
23	61	39
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	66	34
27	67	33
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	72	28
31	73	27

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	63
3	63
4	63
5	62
6	62
7	61
8	61
9	61
10	60
11	60
12	60
13	60
14	59
15	59
16	59
17	59
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	58
22	57
23	57
24	57
25	56
26	56
27	55
28	55
29	54
30	53
31	52

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	51	49
17	52	48
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	60	40
23	61	39
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	66	34
27	67	33
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	72	28
31	73	27