Bellavista weather in May

In May, Bellavista sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 178 mm of rain across 22.2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bellavista's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bellavista's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
21°
4th coldest
Rainfall
178 mm
22.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:12 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
63%
5th clearest
Wind
2 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Bellavista is city in San Martín, 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bellavista reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Bellavista

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bellavista 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°22725.712.42.9
Feb30° / 22°24323.612.22.9
Mar30° / 22°29026.9122.9
Apr30° / 22°23724.211.83.1
May30° / 21°17822.211.73.6
Jun30° / 21°12916.911.64.3
Jul30° / 20°10313.611.64.8
Aug31° / 21°9011.911.84.5
Sep32° / 21°11714.7123.7
Oct31° / 22°16820.912.23.1
Nov31° / 22°21024.112.32.9
Dec31° / 22°21525.812.42.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23763
34060
44060
54159
64258
74456
84456
94456
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114456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bellavista gets around 178 mm of rain over 22.2 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 72% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
175
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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24942
34951
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Wind in May

Winds average 2 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 2 km/h on the calmest days to 2 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 5:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:115:56
211.76:115:56
311.76:115:56
411.76:115:55
511.76:115:55
611.76:115:55
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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 4.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.62 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bellavista?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bellavista.

What to pack for Bellavista in May

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

In May, Bellavista sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bellavista in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bellavista peaks around February 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 14UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Bellavista 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 Bellavista is worst in August — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.2× the cleanest month (May, 12 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModeratePoorModerateAug 2348 µg/m³May 1912 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May12Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug49Poor
Sep47Poor
Oct18Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bellavista?

Bellavista sits at 7.1°S, 76.6°W, 319 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Juanjuí, 20 km away.

MoyobambaTocacheRiojaYurimaguasUchizaChachapoyas

Topography around Bellavista

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bellavista has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m around an average of 306 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 809 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,666 m.

The land around Bellavista is covered by trees (44%) and grassland (36%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (92%) within 80 km.

3 km
316 m
16 km
809 m
80 km
2,666 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Juanjuí 20 km · La Banda 68 km · Moyobamba 121 km · Tocache 126 km · Rioja 128 km · Yurimaguas 138 km · Uchiza 157 km · Chachapoyas 168 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 Bellavista (-7.0561°, -76.5911°, elevation 319 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).