Minas de Marcona weather in May

In May, Minas de Marcona sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Minas de Marcona's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Minas de Marcona's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:18 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 4th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

Minas de Marcona is human settlement in 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 23°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Minas de Marcona reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 24°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Minas de Marcona weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 18°	14	4	12.8	7.2
Feb	26° / 19°	16	4.7	12.5	6.9
Mar	26° / 19°	8	2.3	12.1	7.4
Apr	24° / 17°	2	0.5	11.7	8.3
May	22° / 15°	1	0.2	11.3	8.3
Jun	20° / 14°	1	0.1	11.1	7.8
Jul	19° / 13°	1	0.2	11.2	7.6
Aug	19° / 13°	1	0.1	11.5	7.8
Sep	20° / 13°	0	0	11.9	8.1
Oct	21° / 14°	1	0.1	12.3	8.1
Nov	23° / 15°	0	0	12.7	8.1
Dec	24° / 17°	3	0.6	12.9	8.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	63	64	64	65	64	64	64	64	63	62	62	60	60	59	59	58	58	57	57	56	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	54
Cloudier (%)	37	36	36	35	36	36	36	36	37	38	38	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	54	46

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Minas de Marcona 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 0% and peaks near 1% 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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the comfortable band about 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	14	16	17	19	21	23	25	26	28	30	31	33	35	36	37	39
Comfortable (%)	66	68	68	70	70	72	72	72	73	74	74	75	75	75	76	75	74	75	74	73	72	71	70	69	67	67	65	64	63	62	60
Humid (%)	32	30	29	27	26	24	23	22	20	19	18	16	15	14	12	11	10	8	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	2	66	32
2	2	68	30
3	3	68	29
4	3	70	27
5	4	70	26
6	4	72	24
7	5	72	23
8	6	72	22
9	7	73	20
10	7	74	19
11	8	74	18
12	9	75	16
13	10	75	15
14	11	75	14
15	12	76	12
16	14	75	11
17	16	74	10
18	17	75	8
19	19	74	7
20	21	73	6
21	23	72	5
22	25	71	4
23	26	70	4
24	28	69	3
25	30	67	3
26	31	67	2
27	33	65	2
28	35	64	1
29	36	63	1
30	37	62	1
31	39	60	1

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 5:42 PM to 5:33 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)	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23
Sunset (PM)	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:14	5:42
2	11.5	6:14	5:41
3	11.4	6:14	5:41
4	11.4	6:14	5:40
5	11.4	6:15	5:40
6	11.4	6:15	5:39
7	11.4	6:15	5:39
8	11.4	6:16	5:38
9	11.4	6:16	5:38
10	11.4	6:16	5:38
11	11.3	6:16	5:37
12	11.3	6:17	5:37
13	11.3	6:17	5:36
14	11.3	6:17	5:36
15	11.3	6:18	5:36
16	11.3	6:18	5:36
17	11.3	6:18	5:35
18	11.3	6:18	5:35
19	11.3	6:19	5:35
20	11.3	6:19	5:35
21	11.2	6:19	5:34
22	11.2	6:20	5:34
23	11.2	6:20	5:34
24	11.2	6:20	5:34
25	11.2	6:21	5:34
26	11.2	6:21	5:33
27	11.2	6:21	5:33
28	11.2	6:22	5:33
29	11.2	6:22	5:33
30	11.2	6:22	5:33
31	11.2	6:23	5:33

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.68 kWh/m² to a high of 7.46 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.21 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Minas de Marcona?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Minas de Marcona for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Minas de Marcona in May

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

In May, Minas de Marcona sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

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Sea temperature near Minas de Marcona in May

The nearest coast averages about 18°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 18 km away) is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in August near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 4 to Mar 19 — about 2.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	21	21	20	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	17	19
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	21	Refreshing
Feb	21	Refreshing
Mar	20	Refreshing
Apr	19	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	17	Cool
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	19	Cool

UV index in Minas de Marcona in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Minas de Marcona peaks around February 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 8 (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)	15	15	13	12	9	8	8	10	11	13	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Minas de Marcona?

Minas de Marcona sits at 15.2°S, 75.1°W, 776 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Nazca, 46 km away.

Topography around Minas de Marcona

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Minas de Marcona has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 358 m around an average of 783 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,119 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,640 m.

The land around Minas de Marcona is covered by bare terrain (100%) within 3 km, bare terrain (92%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (60%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

358 m

bare terrain 100%

16 km

1,119 m

bare terrain 92%

80 km

3,640 m

bare terrain 60%

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← April Minas de Marcona year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Nazca 46 km · Ica 143 km · Paracas 195 km · Pisco 204 km · San Clemente 205 km · Chincha Alta 229 km · Ayacucho 247 km · Andahuaylas 254 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 Minas de Marcona (-15.2119°, -75.1103°, elevation 776 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	23	16
2	23	16
3	23	16
4	23	16
5	23	16
6	23	16
7	23	16
8	23	16
9	23	15
10	23	15
11	23	15
12	23	15
13	22	15
14	22	15
15	22	15
16	22	15
17	22	15
18	22	15
19	22	15
20	22	15
21	22	15
22	22	15
23	22	15
24	22	15
25	22	14
26	21	14
27	21	14
28	21	14
29	21	14
30	21	14
31	21	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	54	46

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	2	66	32
2	2	68	30
3	3	68	29
4	3	70	27
5	4	70	26
6	4	72	24
7	5	72	23
8	6	72	22
9	7	73	20
10	7	74	19
11	8	74	18
12	9	75	16
13	10	75	15
14	11	75	14
15	12	76	12
16	14	75	11
17	16	74	10
18	17	75	8
19	19	74	7
20	21	73	6
21	23	72	5
22	25	71	4
23	26	70	4
24	28	69	3
25	30	67	3
26	31	67	2
27	33	65	2
28	35	64	1
29	36	63	1
30	37	62	1
31	39	60	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	54	46

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	2	66	32
2	2	68	30
3	3	68	29
4	3	70	27
5	4	70	26
6	4	72	24
7	5	72	23
8	6	72	22
9	7	73	20
10	7	74	19
11	8	74	18
12	9	75	16
13	10	75	15
14	11	75	14
15	12	76	12
16	14	75	11
17	16	74	10
18	17	75	8
19	19	74	7
20	21	73	6
21	23	72	5
22	25	71	4
23	26	70	4
24	28	69	3
25	30	67	3
26	31	67	2
27	33	65	2
28	35	64	1
29	36	63	1
30	37	62	1
31	39	60	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	54	46

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	2	66	32
2	2	68	30
3	3	68	29
4	3	70	27
5	4	70	26
6	4	72	24
7	5	72	23
8	6	72	22
9	7	73	20
10	7	74	19
11	8	74	18
12	9	75	16
13	10	75	15
14	11	75	14
15	12	76	12
16	14	75	11
17	16	74	10
18	17	75	8
19	19	74	7
20	21	73	6
21	23	72	5
22	25	71	4
23	26	70	4
24	28	69	3
25	30	67	3
26	31	67	2
27	33	65	2
28	35	64	1
29	36	63	1
30	37	62	1
31	39	60	1