Coishco weather in May

In May, Coishco sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Coishco's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Coishco's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:23 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.6; out of 10

Coishco is city in Ancash Department, Peru.

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

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Coishco reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Coishco weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 20°	6	2	12.5	7.4
Feb	27° / 21°	12	3.3	12.3	6.8
Mar	27° / 21°	14	4.5	12.1	6.8
Apr	25° / 19°	4	1.3	11.8	7.9
May	23° / 17°	1	0.2	11.6	8.6
Jun	22° / 16°	1	0.1	11.5	8.4
Jul	21° / 15°	1	0.1	11.5	8.2
Aug	20° / 15°	1	0.1	11.7	8.1
Sep	21° / 15°	1	0.1	11.9	7.9
Oct	21° / 15°	2	0.4	12.2	7.8
Nov	22° / 16°	1	0.3	12.4	7.9
Dec	24° / 18°	5	1.1	12.5	7.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

	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 (%)	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	74	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	70	71
Cloudier (%)	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Coishco gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 14% of them.

	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
Comfortable (%)	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	16	18	19	21	22	24	25	27	28	29	30	32	33	34	35	35	36	37
Humid (%)	80	80	79	79	78	77	76	75	74	74	73	71	70	68	67	66	64	64	62	62	60	60	59	59	58	57	57	56	57	56	55
Muggy (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	80	17
2	3	80	17
3	4	79	17
4	4	79	17
5	5	78	17
6	6	77	17
7	7	76	17
8	8	75	17
9	9	74	17
10	10	74	16
11	11	73	16
12	13	71	16
13	14	70	16
14	16	68	16
15	18	67	15
16	19	66	15
17	21	64	15
18	22	64	14
19	24	62	14
20	25	62	13
21	27	60	13
22	28	60	12
23	29	59	12
24	30	59	11
25	32	58	10
26	33	57	10
27	34	57	9
28	35	56	9
29	35	57	8
30	36	56	8
31	37	55	8

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
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12	11	calm
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16	11	calm
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28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 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 6:21 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 5:57 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)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:21	6:02
2	11.7	6:21	6:02
3	11.7	6:21	6:02
4	11.7	6:21	6:01
5	11.7	6:21	6:01
6	11.7	6:22	6:01
7	11.6	6:22	6:00
8	11.6	6:22	6:00
9	11.6	6:22	6:00
10	11.6	6:22	6:00
11	11.6	6:22	5:59
12	11.6	6:22	5:59
13	11.6	6:23	5:59
14	11.6	6:23	5:59
15	11.6	6:23	5:59
16	11.6	6:23	5:58
17	11.6	6:23	5:58
18	11.6	6:23	5:58
19	11.6	6:24	5:58
20	11.6	6:24	5:58
21	11.6	6:24	5:58
22	11.6	6:24	5:58
23	11.6	6:24	5:58
24	11.5	6:25	5:57
25	11.5	6:25	5:57
26	11.5	6:25	5:57
27	11.5	6:25	5:57
28	11.5	6:26	5:57
29	11.5	6:26	5:57
30	11.5	6:26	5:57
31	11.5	6:26	5:57

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.71 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.44 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Coishco?

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

8.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.9

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Coishco for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Coishco in May

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

In May, Coishco sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

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Sea temperature near Coishco in May

The nearest coast averages about 19°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 22°C and coldest in October near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 4 to Apr 15 — about 3.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	21	22	22	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	19
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	21	Refreshing
Feb	22	Refreshing
Mar	22	Refreshing
Apr	20	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	17	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	19	Cool

UV index in Coishco in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Coishco peaks around February 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 9 (very high).

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)	14	15	14	12	11	9	9	10	10	13	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Coishco?

Coishco sits at 9.0°S, 78.6°W, 20 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Chimbote, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Coishco

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Coishco has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 449 m around an average of 84 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 572 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,108 m.

The land around Coishco is covered by bare terrain (59%) within 3 km, water (48%) and bare terrain (23%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (38%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

449 m

bare terrain 59%

16 km

572 m

water 48%

80 km

5,108 m

bare terrain 38%

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

May weather nearby: Chimbote 6.0 km · Virú 69 km · Moche 104 km · Laredo 110 km · Trujillo 111 km · Huarmey 127 km · Centenario 131 km · Huaraz 132 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

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 Coishco (-9.0231°, -78.6156°, elevation 20 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	80	17
2	3	80	17
3	4	79	17
4	4	79	17
5	5	78	17
6	6	77	17
7	7	76	17
8	8	75	17
9	9	74	17
10	10	74	16
11	11	73	16
12	13	71	16
13	14	70	16
14	16	68	16
15	18	67	15
16	19	66	15
17	21	64	15
18	22	64	14
19	24	62	14
20	25	62	13
21	27	60	13
22	28	60	12
23	29	59	12
24	30	59	11
25	32	58	10
26	33	57	10
27	34	57	9
28	35	56	9
29	35	57	8
30	36	56	8
31	37	55	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	80	17
2	3	80	17
3	4	79	17
4	4	79	17
5	5	78	17
6	6	77	17
7	7	76	17
8	8	75	17
9	9	74	17
10	10	74	16
11	11	73	16
12	13	71	16
13	14	70	16
14	16	68	16
15	18	67	15
16	19	66	15
17	21	64	15
18	22	64	14
19	24	62	14
20	25	62	13
21	27	60	13
22	28	60	12
23	29	59	12
24	30	59	11
25	32	58	10
26	33	57	10
27	34	57	9
28	35	56	9
29	35	57	8
30	36	56	8
31	37	55	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	80	17
2	3	80	17
3	4	79	17
4	4	79	17
5	5	78	17
6	6	77	17
7	7	76	17
8	8	75	17
9	9	74	17
10	10	74	16
11	11	73	16
12	13	71	16
13	14	70	16
14	16	68	16
15	18	67	15
16	19	66	15
17	21	64	15
18	22	64	14
19	24	62	14
20	25	62	13
21	27	60	13
22	28	60	12
23	29	59	12
24	30	59	11
25	32	58	10
26	33	57	10
27	34	57	9
28	35	56	9
29	35	57	8
30	36	56	8
31	37	55	8