Paita weather in May

In May, Paita sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Paita's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paita's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:28 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
44%
5th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Paita is city in Piura, Peru.

Founded
1782

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical May day in Paita reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Paita

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.

Paita weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°202.912.35.2
Feb32° / 23°386.312.24.3
Mar32° / 23°587.5124.1
Apr31° / 22°204.111.95.1
May29° / 20°30.711.86.7
Jun27° / 19°10.311.78.3
Jul26° / 18°10.211.78.7
Aug25° / 17°00.111.88.9
Sep26° / 17°10.3128.5
Oct26° / 18°20.412.18.1
Nov27° / 19°3112.27.8
Dec29° / 20°92.112.36.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Paita gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 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 2% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 37% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 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 6:27 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:14 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 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.53 kWh/m² to a high of 6.82 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Paita?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
8.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Paita in May

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

In May, Paita sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Paita in May

The nearest coast averages about 20°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 24 km away) is warmest in February at about 23°C and coldest in August near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Dec 15 to May 28 — about 5.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

16°18°20°22°24°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan22Refreshing
Feb23Refreshing
Mar23Refreshing
Apr21Refreshing
May20Refreshing
Jun19Cool
Jul19Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct19Cool
Nov19Cool
Dec20Refreshing

UV index in Paita in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Paita peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 19UV 15Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
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Location & terrain

Where is Paita?

Paita sits at 5.1°S, 81.1°W, 16 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is San Martin, 50 km away.

Topography around Paita

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paita has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 44 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,114 m.

The land around Paita is covered by bare terrain (41%), water (28%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, bare terrain (53%) and water (45%) within 16 km, and water (40%) and bare terrain (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
366 m
80 km
1,114 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: San Martin 50 km · Marcavelica 51 km · Catacaos 52 km · Piura 52 km · Sullana 52 km · La Unión 54 km · Querecotillo 59 km · Talara 60 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 Paita (-5.0892°, -81.1144°, elevation 16 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).