Catacaos weather in May

In May, Catacaos sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 7 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Catacaos's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Catacaos's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
2.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:26 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
47%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Catacaos is town in Piura Region, Peru.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical May day in Catacaos reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Catacaos

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 1 day 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
1
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.

Catacaos weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°375.512.34.6
Feb32° / 23°629.412.23.7
Mar32° / 23°10711.2123.5
Apr32° / 22°386.411.94.5
May30° / 20°72.311.86.0
Jun28° / 19°30.911.77.9
Jul26° / 18°10.211.78.5
Aug26° / 17°00.111.88.8
Sep27° / 17°20.6128.3
Oct27° / 18°41.512.17.8
Nov28° / 18°82.212.27.0
Dec30° / 20°214.912.35.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
36535
46634
56634
66733
76733
86832
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316535

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Catacaos gets around 7 mm of rain over 2.3 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 8% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
113
213
312
412
512
611
711
811
911
1010
1110
1210
139
149
158
168
178
187
197
206
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264
274
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314

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 30% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1057385
2058375
3058375
4060364
5061354
6061354
7063343
8063343
9064333
10065332
11066322
12066322
13167311
14168301
15168301
16169291
17171280
18270280
19271270
20272260
21372250
22373240
23473230
24474220
25574210
26575200
27675190
28675190
29775180
30776170
31876160

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
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913light breeze
1013light breeze
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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 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 6:25 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:256:14
211.86:256:14
311.86:256:14
411.86:256:14
511.86:256:14
611.86:256:13
711.86:256:13
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911.86:266:13
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3111.76:296:12

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.68 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Catacaos?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Catacaos for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Catacaos in May

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

In May, Catacaos sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Catacaos in May

The nearest coast averages about 20°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 45 km away) is warmest in February at about 23°C and coldest in September near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Dec 25 to May 15 — about 4.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

16°18°20°22°24°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan21Refreshing
Feb23Refreshing
Mar23Refreshing
Apr21Refreshing
May20Refreshing
Jun19Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct18Cool
Nov19Cool
Dec20Cool

UV index in Catacaos 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 Catacaos peaks around February 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 16Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Catacaos?

Catacaos sits at 5.3°S, 80.7°W, 23 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is San Martin, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Catacaos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Catacaos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,894 m.

The land around Catacaos is covered by cropland (43%) within 3 km, bare terrain (54%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (40%), shrubs (23%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
120 m
80 km
1,894 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: San Martin 9.0 km · Piura 10 km · La Unión 16 km · Sechura 36 km · Sullana 40 km · Marcavelica 43 km · Querecotillo 48 km · Paita 52 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 Catacaos (-5.2667°, -80.6833°, elevation 23 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).