La Breita weather in May

In May, La Breita sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.8 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-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 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is La Breita's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see La Breita's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
8th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:26 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
56%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

La Breita is human settlement in 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 La Breita reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°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 on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in La Breita

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

La Breita weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°407.612.25.1
Feb30° / 23°8612.412.14.4
Mar30° / 23°9412124.4
Apr30° / 23°356.811.95.0
May30° / 22°112.811.85.9
Jun28° / 21°30.811.87.4
Jul27° / 20°10.311.88.3
Aug27° / 19°00.111.98.5
Sep27° / 19°20.5128.1
Oct27° / 20°31.112.17.8
Nov28° / 20°71.712.27.4
Dec29° / 21°214.212.26.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24951
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65347
75446
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

La Breita gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.8 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 9% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
114
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513
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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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 57% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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2246610
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8306010
9315910
1032599
1134579
1235569
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1641527
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1947485
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2150464
2253443
2354433
2456422
2557412
2659392
2761381
2862371
2963361
3065341
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Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 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 6:28 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:256:16
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511.86:256:15
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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 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.18 kWh/m² to a high of 6.65 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit La Breita?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for La Breita in May

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

In May, La Breita sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near La Breita in May

The nearest coast averages about 23°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 30 km away) is warmest in February at about 25°C and coldest in August near 21°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°22°24°26°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan24Refreshing
Feb25Warm
Mar25Warm
Apr24Refreshing
May23Refreshing
Jun22Refreshing
Jul22Refreshing
Aug21Refreshing
Sep21Refreshing
Oct22Refreshing
Nov22Refreshing
Dec23Refreshing

UV index in La Breita 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 La Breita peaks around February 16 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 16UV 16Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is La Breita?

La Breita sits at 4.3°S, 80.9°W, 232 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Máncora, 24 km away.

Topography around La Breita

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around La Breita has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 367 m around an average of 289 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,287 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,577 m.

The land around La Breita is covered by shrubs (86%) within 3 km, shrubs (41%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and water (31%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
367 m
16 km
1,287 m
80 km
1,577 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Máncora 24 km · Talara 56 km · Querecotillo 70 km · Marcavelica 72 km · Sullana 75 km · Tumbes 92 km · Tambo Grande 96 km · Paita 96 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 La Breita (-4.2569°, -80.886°, elevation 232 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).