Yurimaguas weather in May

In May, Yurimaguas sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 200 mm of rain across 22.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
200 mm
22.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:09 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
71%
5th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Yurimaguas is capital city of Alto Amazonas, Loreto, 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Yurimaguas reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°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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How May really feels in Yurimaguas

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Yurimaguas 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
Jan31° / 23°26824.612.32.9
Feb31° / 23°2812412.22.8
Mar30° / 23°36828.3122.7
Apr30° / 23°28724.511.93.0
May30° / 23°20022.811.73.4
Jun30° / 22°15419.911.73.8
Jul30° / 22°12417.411.74.2
Aug31° / 22°12016.311.84.0
Sep31° / 23°16718.9123.4
Oct31° / 23°23323.712.13.0
Nov31° / 23°26024.612.32.8
Dec31° / 23°27925.712.32.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22575
32674
42674
52773
62872
72971
83070
93070
103169
113169
123169
133169
143268
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193268
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313763

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Yurimaguas gets around 200 mm of rain over 22.8 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 74% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
178
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
124850
234850
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Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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 6:08 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 5:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:085:56
211.86:085:55
311.86:085:55
411.86:085:55
511.86:085:55
611.86:085:54
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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 4.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.14 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.31 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.4Bright
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314.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Yurimaguas?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yurimaguas.

What to pack for Yurimaguas in May

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

In May, Yurimaguas sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Yurimaguas 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 Yurimaguas peaks around February 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 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 15UV 16Aug 11UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Yurimaguas 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 Yurimaguas is worst in September — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (June, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateSep 1126 µg/m³Jun 1110 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul12Good
Aug25Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Yurimaguas?

Yurimaguas sits at 5.9°S, 76.1°W, 143 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is La Banda, 70 km away.

RiojaBellavistaJuanjuíChachapoyasContamanaBagua Grande

Topography around Yurimaguas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yurimaguas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 144 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,177 m.

The land around Yurimaguas is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
149 m
80 km
2,177 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: La Banda 70 km · Moyobamba 95 km · Rioja 117 km · Bellavista 138 km · Juanjuí 157 km · Chachapoyas 197 km · Contamana 201 km · Bagua Grande 257 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 Yurimaguas (-5.9018°, -76.1223°, elevation 143 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).