Chaupimarca weather in May

In May, Chaupimarca sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 19.6 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Chaupimarca's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chaupimarca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11°
8th warmest
Overnight low
5th coldest
Precipitation
75 mm
19.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:16 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover
64%
4th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical May day in Chaupimarca reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 13°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 Chaupimarca

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

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

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Chaupimarca weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 18227.82.212.51.7
Feb11° / 18726.32.312.31.5
Mar11° / 19029.51.612.11.5
Apr11° / 11725.2111.81.7
May11° / 7519.60.711.52.1
Jun10° / -1°3910.51.511.42.3
Jul10° / -2°3710.42.511.52.3
Aug10° / -1°5213.32.711.72.3
Sep11° / -0°93222.211.91.8
Oct11° / 13626.81.912.21.7
Nov12° / 13524.21.212.51.9
Dec12° / 18127.12.112.61.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 63%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Chaupimarca gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 19.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 63% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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.

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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.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 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 6:14 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.31 kWh/m² to a high of 6.4 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.46 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Chaupimarca

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Chaupimarca?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chaupimarca.

What to pack for Chaupimarca in May

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

In May, Chaupimarca sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Chaupimarca 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 Chaupimarca peaks around February 14 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 11 (extreme).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan18Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar18Extreme
Apr16Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct18Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Chaupimarca?

Chaupimarca sits at 10.4°S, 76.5°W, 3,446 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Yanacancha, 27 km away.

Tingo MaríaLa OroyaTarma

Topography around Chaupimarca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chaupimarca has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,546 m around an average of 3,488 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,180 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,181 m.

The land around Chaupimarca is covered by grassland (83%) within 3 km, grassland (92%) within 16 km, and grassland (83%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,546 m
16 km
2,180 m
80 km
5,181 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetland
May weather nearby: Yanacancha 27 km · Yanacancha 37 km · Cerro de Pasco 37 km · Huánuco 58 km · Junín 98 km · Tingo María 134 km · La Oroya 138 km · Tarma 141 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 Chaupimarca (-10.407°, -76.4617°, elevation 3,446 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).