Satipo weather in May

In May, Satipo sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 146 mm of rain across 25.5 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Satipo's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Satipo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 146 mm; 25.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:10 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 5th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.29 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Satipo is city 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical May day in Satipo reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with 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	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	22	15
6	22	15
7	22	15
8	22	15
9	22	15
10	22	15
11	22	15
12	22	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	15
26	22	15
27	22	15
28	22	15
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

Satipo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-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	23° / 16°	335	30.1	12.6	3.5
Feb	23° / 16°	302	27	12.4	3.5
Mar	23° / 16°	235	28.9	12.1	3.7
Apr	23° / 15°	160	25.3	11.8	4.1
May	22° / 15°	146	25.5	11.5	4.3
Jun	22° / 14°	102	20.8	11.4	5.0
Jul	22° / 13°	94	19.1	11.4	5.4
Aug	22° / 13°	99	19.1	11.6	5.5
Sep	23° / 14°	124	22.4	11.9	4.8
Oct	23° / 15°	183	27.1	12.3	4.1
Nov	23° / 16°	237	27.8	12.5	3.7
Dec	23° / 16°	308	29.9	12.6	3.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 66%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	27	28	29	30	30	31	31	33	33	33	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Cloudier (%)	73	72	71	70	70	69	69	67	67	67	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	65	65	64	63	62	61	60	59	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	37	63
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	41	59
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Satipo gets around 146 mm of rain over 25.5 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 82% and peaks near 84% 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 (%)	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	81	80	80	79	79	78	77	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	84
13	84
14	84
15	84
16	84
17	84
18	84
19	83
20	83
21	82
22	82
23	81
24	81
25	80
26	80
27	79
28	79
29	78
30	77
31	76

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 58% 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 (%)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Comfortable (%)	55	55	55	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	60	61	61	62	63	65	66	67	69
Humid (%)	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	40	39	38	38	37	36	34	33	32	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	55	44
2	1	55	44
3	1	55	44
4	2	54	44
5	2	55	43
6	2	55	43
7	2	55	43
8	2	55	43
9	2	55	43
10	2	55	43
11	2	56	42
12	2	56	42
13	2	56	42
14	2	56	42
15	2	56	42
16	2	56	42
17	2	56	42
18	1	57	42
19	1	57	42
20	1	58	41
21	1	58	41
22	1	59	40
23	1	60	39
24	1	61	38
25	1	61	38
26	1	62	37
27	1	63	36
28	1	65	34
29	1	66	33
30	1	67	32
31	1	69	30

Wind in May

Winds average 3 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 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)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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	3	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	3	calm
9	3	calm
10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
13	3	calm
14	3	calm
15	3	calm
16	3	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
21	3	calm
22	3	calm
23	3	calm
24	3	calm
25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 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 6:08 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 5:38 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)	11.6	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	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14
Sunset (PM)	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:08	5:44
2	11.6	6:08	5:44
3	11.6	6:08	5:43
4	11.6	6:08	5:43
5	11.6	6:08	5:42
6	11.6	6:08	5:42
7	11.6	6:08	5:42
8	11.5	6:09	5:41
9	11.5	6:09	5:41
10	11.5	6:09	5:41
11	11.5	6:09	5:41
12	11.5	6:09	5:40
13	11.5	6:10	5:40
14	11.5	6:10	5:40
15	11.5	6:10	5:40
16	11.5	6:10	5:39
17	11.5	6:10	5:39
18	11.5	6:11	5:39
19	11.5	6:11	5:39
20	11.5	6:11	5:39
21	11.5	6:11	5:38
22	11.4	6:12	5:38
23	11.4	6:12	5:38
24	11.4	6:12	5:38
25	11.4	6:12	5:38
26	11.4	6:13	5:38
27	11.4	6:13	5:38
28	11.4	6:13	5:38
29	11.4	6:14	5:38
30	11.4	6:14	5:38
31	11.4	6:14	5:38

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.29 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Satipo

In seasonPeak

None of Satipo's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Satipo's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Satipo?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Satipo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Satipo in May

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

In May, Satipo sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Satipo 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 Satipo peaks around February 11 at about 17 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	17	16	13	12	10	10	12	10	15	15	16
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	15	Extreme
Dec	16	Extreme

Air quality in Satipo in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Satipo is worst in September — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (May, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	9	10	11	10	9	9	15	29	29	13	10	9
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	10	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Satipo?

Satipo sits at 11.3°S, 74.6°W, 629 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is San Martín de Pangoa, 26 km away.

Topography around Satipo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Satipo has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 654 m around an average of 726 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,664 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,934 m.

The land around Satipo is covered by trees (68%) within 3 km, trees (88%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

654 m

trees 68%

16 km

1,664 m

trees 88%

80 km

4,934 m

trees 83%

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

May weather nearby: San Martín de Pangoa 26 km · Santa Rosa 46 km · Huancayo 110 km · Jauja 110 km · Chilca 112 km · Atalaya 112 km · Tarma 116 km · La Oroya 141 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 Satipo (-11.2522°, -74.6386°, elevation 629 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	22	15
6	22	15
7	22	15
8	22	15
9	22	15
10	22	15
11	22	15
12	22	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	15
26	22	15
27	22	15
28	22	15
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	37	63
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	41	59
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	84
13	84
14	84
15	84
16	84
17	84
18	84
19	83
20	83
21	82
22	82
23	81
24	81
25	80
26	80
27	79
28	79
29	78
30	77
31	76

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	55	44
2	1	55	44
3	1	55	44
4	2	54	44
5	2	55	43
6	2	55	43
7	2	55	43
8	2	55	43
9	2	55	43
10	2	55	43
11	2	56	42
12	2	56	42
13	2	56	42
14	2	56	42
15	2	56	42
16	2	56	42
17	2	56	42
18	1	57	42
19	1	57	42
20	1	58	41
21	1	58	41
22	1	59	40
23	1	60	39
24	1	61	38
25	1	61	38
26	1	62	37
27	1	63	36
28	1	65	34
29	1	66	33
30	1	67	32
31	1	69	30

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	22	15
6	22	15
7	22	15
8	22	15
9	22	15
10	22	15
11	22	15
12	22	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	15
26	22	15
27	22	15
28	22	15
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	37	63
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	41	59
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	84
13	84
14	84
15	84
16	84
17	84
18	84
19	83
20	83
21	82
22	82
23	81
24	81
25	80
26	80
27	79
28	79
29	78
30	77
31	76

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	55	44
2	1	55	44
3	1	55	44
4	2	54	44
5	2	55	43
6	2	55	43
7	2	55	43
8	2	55	43
9	2	55	43
10	2	55	43
11	2	56	42
12	2	56	42
13	2	56	42
14	2	56	42
15	2	56	42
16	2	56	42
17	2	56	42
18	1	57	42
19	1	57	42
20	1	58	41
21	1	58	41
22	1	59	40
23	1	60	39
24	1	61	38
25	1	61	38
26	1	62	37
27	1	63	36
28	1	65	34
29	1	66	33
30	1	67	32
31	1	69	30

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	22	15
6	22	15
7	22	15
8	22	15
9	22	15
10	22	15
11	22	15
12	22	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	15
26	22	15
27	22	15
28	22	15
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	37	63
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	41	59
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	84
13	84
14	84
15	84
16	84
17	84
18	84
19	83
20	83
21	82
22	82
23	81
24	81
25	80
26	80
27	79
28	79
29	78
30	77
31	76

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	55	44
2	1	55	44
3	1	55	44
4	2	54	44
5	2	55	43
6	2	55	43
7	2	55	43
8	2	55	43
9	2	55	43
10	2	55	43
11	2	56	42
12	2	56	42
13	2	56	42
14	2	56	42
15	2	56	42
16	2	56	42
17	2	56	42
18	1	57	42
19	1	57	42
20	1	58	41
21	1	58	41
22	1	59	40
23	1	60	39
24	1	61	38
25	1	61	38
26	1	62	37
27	1	63	36
28	1	65	34
29	1	66	33
30	1	67	32
31	1	69	30