Bagua Grande weather in May

In May, Bagua Grande sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 269 mm of rain across 25.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bagua Grande's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bagua Grande's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
9th warmest
Overnight low
18°
6th coldest
Rainfall
269 mm
25.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:18 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
72%
5th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Bagua Grande is city in Amazonas, Peru.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bagua Grande reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Bagua Grande weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°11014.712.35.2
Feb28° / 19°1611812.24.7
Mar27° / 19°22922.8124.3
Apr27° / 18°30224.211.94.1
May26° / 18°26925.111.74.3
Jun25° / 18°19823.611.74.6
Jul24° / 17°17724.311.74.7
Aug25° / 17°14622.311.85.0
Sep26° / 17°17022.1124.7
Oct27° / 18°18820.712.14.7
Nov28° / 19°13915.312.34.8
Dec28° / 19°13115.912.35.1

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 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52476
62476
72575
82575
92674
102773
112773
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312773

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bagua Grande gets around 269 mm of rain over 25.1 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 81% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 58% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13367
23268
33268
43268
53268
63268
73268
83268
93268
103268
113367
123466
133565
143664
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163961
174159
184258
194456
204555
214753
224852
235050
245149
255248
265347
275446
285545
295545
305644
315743

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
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154calm
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314calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 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 6:17 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:176:05
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411.86:176:04
511.86:176:04
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.83 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.2 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.3Bright
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44.3Bright
54.3Bright
64.2Bright
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84.2Bright
94.2Bright
104.2Bright
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264.1Bright
274.1Bright
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294.1Bright
304.1Bright
314.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bagua Grande?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bagua Grande for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bagua Grande in May

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

In May, Bagua Grande sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Bagua Grande in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bagua Grande peaks around February 14 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 14UV 17Jun 23UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Bagua Grande 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 Bagua Grande is worst in November — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1418 µg/m³Jul 108 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul8Good
Aug12Good
Sep18Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Bagua Grande?

Bagua Grande sits at 5.8°S, 78.4°W, 450 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is La Peca, 16 km away.

ChongoyapeRiojaCajamarcaMoyobambaPátapo

Topography around Bagua Grande

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bagua Grande has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m around an average of 490 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,948 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,485 m.

The land around Bagua Grande is covered by grassland (40%), trees (20%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
306 m
16 km
1,948 m
80 km
3,485 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: La Peca 16 km · Jaén 41 km · Chachapoyas 82 km · Chongoyape 144 km · Rioja 145 km · Cajamarca 157 km · Moyobamba 165 km · Pátapo 171 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 51% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$9,684
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
49%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
8.6
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
13.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 519
Religion
Catholic 76%Evangelical Christian 16%no religion 5%other religions 3%

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 Bagua Grande (-5.7561°, -78.4411°, elevation 450 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).