Sicuani weather in May

In May, Sicuani sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 27 mm of precipitation across 9.5 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 Sicuani's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sicuani's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
9th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
4th coldest
Precipitation
27 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:01 AM – 5:21 PM
Cloud cover
50%
4th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Sicuani is town 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 12°C through the month.

A typical May day in Sicuani reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
112-1
212-1
312-1
412-1
512-1
612-2
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812-2
912-2
1012-2
1112-2
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How May really feels in Sicuani

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Sicuani weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 248296.912.71.7
Feb12° / 23426.46.712.51.7
Mar12° / 21829.45.412.11.8
Apr12° / 10322.72.211.72.3
May12° / -2°279.50.811.33.3
Jun11° / -4°113.60.411.23.5
Jul11° / -5°113.70.711.23.5
Aug12° / -4°207.1111.53.8
Sep13° / -2°4715.51.411.93.2
Oct13° / 10722.13.412.32.7
Nov13° / 14522.74.212.72.5
Dec13° / 21127.1612.82.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
25149
35347
45545
55743
65941
76139
86238
96337
106436
116535
126634
136733
146733
156733
166832
176832
186931
197030
207030
217030
227129
237030
247030
257030
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277129
287129
297129
307129
317129

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Sicuani gets around 27 mm of rain and snow over 9.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 31% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1554
2544
3524
4504
5484
6464
7444
8424
9404
10384
11363
12353
13333
14313
15303
16282
17272
18262
19252
20242
21232
22221
23211
24201
25191
26191
27181
28171
29172
30162
31162

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
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3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
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13100
14100
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16100
17100
18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
25calm
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65calm
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105calm
115calm
125calm
135calm
145calm
155calm
166calm
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196calm
206calm
216calm
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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 5:57 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.55:575:27
211.55:575:27
311.55:585:26
411.55:585:26
511.55:585:25
611.45:585:25
711.45:595:24
811.45:595:24
911.45:595:24
1011.45:595:23
1111.46:005:23
1211.46:005:23
1311.46:005:22
1411.46:005:22
1511.36:015:22
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2711.36:045:19
2811.26:055:19
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3011.26:055:19
3111.26:065:19

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.44 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.7 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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45.7Bright
55.7Bright
65.7Bright
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235.6Bright
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265.6Bright
275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Sicuani

In seasonPeak

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

Sicuani's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Sicuani?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sicuani.

What to pack for Sicuani in May

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

In May, Sicuani sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sicuani 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 Sicuani peaks around February 9 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 9UV 19Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct17Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Sicuani?

Sicuani sits at 14.3°S, 71.2°W, 3,551 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Yauri, 61 km away.

CuscoWanchaqSantiagoSan MiguelJuliacaAguas Calientes

Topography around Sicuani

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sicuani has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 719 m around an average of 3,677 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,475 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,682 m.

The land around Sicuani is covered by grassland (54%) within 3 km, grassland (91%) within 16 km, and grassland (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
719 m
16 km
1,475 m
80 km
3,682 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetland
May weather nearby: Yauri 61 km · Ayaviri 97 km · Cusco 115 km · Wanchaq 115 km · Santiago 116 km · San Miguel 179 km · Juliaca 180 km · Aguas Calientes 187 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 Sicuani (-14.2694°, -71.2261°, elevation 3,551 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).