Nazca weather in May

In May, Nazca sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Nazca's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nazca's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:17 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.9; out of 10

Nazca is city in Ica, Peru.

Founded: 1591

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical May day in Nazca reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Nazca weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-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	27° / 18°	57	13.3	12.8	5.7
Feb	27° / 19°	75	17.4	12.5	4.8
Mar	27° / 19°	63	16.3	12.1	5.3
Apr	27° / 17°	10	3.1	11.7	7.5
May	26° / 15°	1	0.3	11.3	8.9
Jun	24° / 13°	0	0	11.1	9.4
Jul	24° / 13°	0	0.1	11.2	9.5
Aug	25° / 13°	0	0	11.5	9.5
Sep	26° / 14°	1	0.2	11.9	9.0
Oct	27° / 15°	3	0.9	12.3	8.3
Nov	27° / 16°	3	0.9	12.7	7.9
Dec	27° / 17°	12	3.9	12.9	7.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

	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 (%)	81	82	84	85	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	84	84	84	84	83	82	83	83	83	82	82	83	83	83	84
Cloudier (%)	19	18	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	82	18
3	84	16
4	85	15
5	86	14
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	85	15
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nazca gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	1
7	1
8	1
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	1
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 59% 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 (%)	18	20	22	24	27	29	32	35	38	42	45	48	51	54	58	61	64	67	70	74	76	79	81	83	85	86	88	89	91	92	93
Comfortable (%)	79	78	76	74	71	70	67	64	61	57	54	51	48	45	41	38	35	32	29	26	24	21	19	17	15	14	12	11	9	8	7
Humid (%)	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	18	79	3
2	20	78	2
3	22	76	2
4	24	74	2
5	27	71	2
6	29	70	1
7	32	67	1
8	35	64	1
9	38	61	1
10	42	57	1
11	45	54	1
12	48	51	1
13	51	48	1
14	54	45	1
15	58	41	1
16	61	38	1
17	64	35	1
18	67	32	1
19	70	29	1
20	74	26	0
21	76	24	0
22	79	21	0
23	81	19	0
24	83	17	0
25	85	15	0
26	86	14	0
27	88	12	0
28	89	11	0
29	91	9	0
30	92	8	0
31	93	7	0

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	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 6:13 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 5:41 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	11.5	11.4	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	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	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
Sunset (PM)	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33

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

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.15 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Nazca?

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

8.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

8.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Nazca in May

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

In May, Nazca sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

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Sea temperature near Nazca 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 57 km away) is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in September near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 10 to Mar 14 — about 2.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	20	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	20	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 Nazca 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 Nazca peaks around February 10 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 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)	17	18	15	14	11	9	9	12	13	15	15	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	18	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	15	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Nazca?

Nazca sits at 14.8°S, 74.9°W, 584 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Minas de Marcona, 46 km away.

Topography around Nazca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nazca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 416 m around an average of 613 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,701 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,474 m.

The land around Nazca is covered by bare terrain (42%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (87%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (60%) within 80 km.

3 km

416 m

bare terrain 42%

16 km

1,701 m

bare terrain 87%

80 km

4,474 m

bare terrain 60%

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

May weather nearby: Minas de Marcona 46 km · Ica 120 km · Paracas 179 km · San Clemente 184 km · Pisco 185 km · Ayacucho 201 km · Chincha Alta 204 km · Andahuaylas 212 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 Nazca (-14.831°, -74.939°, elevation 584 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	27	16
2	27	16
3	27	16
4	27	16
5	27	16
6	27	16
7	26	16
8	26	16
9	26	15
10	26	15
11	26	15
12	26	15
13	26	15
14	26	15
15	26	15
16	26	15
17	26	15
18	26	15
19	26	15
20	26	15
21	26	15
22	26	14
23	26	14
24	25	14
25	25	14
26	25	14
27	25	14
28	25	14
29	25	14
30	25	14
31	25	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	82	18
3	84	16
4	85	15
5	86	14
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	85	15
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	1
7	1
8	1
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	1
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	18	79	3
2	20	78	2
3	22	76	2
4	24	74	2
5	27	71	2
6	29	70	1
7	32	67	1
8	35	64	1
9	38	61	1
10	42	57	1
11	45	54	1
12	48	51	1
13	51	48	1
14	54	45	1
15	58	41	1
16	61	38	1
17	64	35	1
18	67	32	1
19	70	29	1
20	74	26	0
21	76	24	0
22	79	21	0
23	81	19	0
24	83	17	0
25	85	15	0
26	86	14	0
27	88	12	0
28	89	11	0
29	91	9	0
30	92	8	0
31	93	7	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	82	18
3	84	16
4	85	15
5	86	14
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	85	15
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	1
7	1
8	1
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	1
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	18	79	3
2	20	78	2
3	22	76	2
4	24	74	2
5	27	71	2
6	29	70	1
7	32	67	1
8	35	64	1
9	38	61	1
10	42	57	1
11	45	54	1
12	48	51	1
13	51	48	1
14	54	45	1
15	58	41	1
16	61	38	1
17	64	35	1
18	67	32	1
19	70	29	1
20	74	26	0
21	76	24	0
22	79	21	0
23	81	19	0
24	83	17	0
25	85	15	0
26	86	14	0
27	88	12	0
28	89	11	0
29	91	9	0
30	92	8	0
31	93	7	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	82	18
3	84	16
4	85	15
5	86	14
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	85	15
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	1
7	1
8	1
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	1
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	18	79	3
2	20	78	2
3	22	76	2
4	24	74	2
5	27	71	2
6	29	70	1
7	32	67	1
8	35	64	1
9	38	61	1
10	42	57	1
11	45	54	1
12	48	51	1
13	51	48	1
14	54	45	1
15	58	41	1
16	61	38	1
17	64	35	1
18	67	32	1
19	70	29	1
20	74	26	0
21	76	24	0
22	79	21	0
23	81	19	0
24	83	17	0
25	85	15	0
26	86	14	0
27	88	12	0
28	89	11	0
29	91	9	0
30	92	8	0
31	93	7	0