Tingo María weather in May

In May, Tingo María sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 110 mm of rain across 20 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tingo María's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tingo María's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
9th warmest
Overnight low
16°
5th coldest
Rainfall
110 mm
20 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:13 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover
66%
5th clearest
Wind
3 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Tingo María is town in Huánuco, Peru.

Founded
1938

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 25°C through the month.

A typical May day in Tingo María reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 27°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)
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Tingo María weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 17°22525.912.54.1
Feb25° / 17°23324.412.33.9
Mar25° / 17°25327.512.13.9
Apr25° / 17°18825.411.84.2
May25° / 16°1102011.65.2
Jun25° / 16°5912.711.56.5
Jul25° / 15°489.911.57.0
Aug26° / 15°5410.911.76.8
Sep27° / 16°8315.811.95.6
Oct26° / 16°15122.412.24.6
Nov26° / 17°21425.412.44.0
Dec26° / 17°21826.412.54.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23367
33466
43565
53763
63961
74060
84258
94258
104357
114357
124357
134456
144357
154357
164357
174357
184159
194258
204258
214258
224258
234258
244258
254357
264456
274456
284555
294555
304753
314852

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tingo María gets around 110 mm of rain over 20 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 65% and peaks near 76% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
176
275
375
474
573
672
771
870
970
1069
1168
1267
1367
1466
1565
1665
1764
1864
1963
2063
2162
2261
2361
2460
2559
2659
2758
2858
2957
3057
3156

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 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
128513
238413
338512
438512
538512
638512
748511
848511
948511
1048511
1148511
1248610
1348610
1448610
1548610
1648610
1748610
184879
194879
204879
214888
223898
233898
243898
253907
263907
273907
283907
293907
303916
313916

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
13calm
23calm
33calm
43calm
53calm
63calm
73calm
83calm
93calm
103calm
113calm
123calm
133calm
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213calm
223calm
233calm
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263calm
273calm
283calm
293calm
303calm
313calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 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 6:11 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:115:51
211.76:115:51
311.76:115:51
411.76:115:50
511.66:115:50
611.66:115:50
711.66:125:50
811.66:125:49
911.66:125:49
1011.66:125:49
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1211.66:125:48
1311.66:125:48
1411.66:135:48
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1611.66:135:48
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1911.66:145:47
2011.66:145:47
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2211.56:145:47
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2411.56:155:47
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2711.56:155:46
2811.56:165:46
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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 4.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.39 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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44.5Bright
54.5Bright
64.5Bright
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84.4Bright
94.4Bright
104.4Bright
114.4Bright
124.4Bright
134.4Bright
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174.4Bright
184.4Bright
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204.4Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tingo María

In seasonPeak

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

Tingo María'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 Tingo María?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tingo María for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tingo María in May

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

In May, Tingo María sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 20 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Tingo María 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 Tingo María peaks around February 16 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeFeb 16UV 17Jun 21UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Air quality in Tingo María 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 Tingo María is worst in September — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.4× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodSep 1570 µg/m³Jun 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr12Good
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul12Moderate
Aug35Moderate
Sep76Unhealthy
Oct21Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tingo María?

Tingo María sits at 9.3°S, 76.0°W, 647 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Aguaytía, 61 km away.

YanacanchaChaupimarcaTocacheCerro de PascoYanacancha

Topography around Tingo María

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tingo María has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 835 m around an average of 760 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,786 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,617 m.

The land around Tingo María is covered by trees (70%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
835 m
16 km
1,786 m
80 km
4,617 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Aguaytía 61 km · Huánuco 75 km · Uchiza 106 km · Yanacancha 127 km · Chaupimarca 134 km · Tocache 136 km · Cerro de Pasco 155 km · Yanacancha 155 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 Tingo María (-9.2953°, -75.9957°, elevation 647 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).