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Sacred Valley (Urubamba) in May

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Sacred Valley (Urubamba) is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 13 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Sacred Valley (Urubamba) is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 13 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 64% of days
Daylight
11h 30mon average

Is May a good time to visit Sacred Valley (Urubamba)?

A good month, just outside Sacred Valley (Urubamba)'s best months, which run in two parts: June to August, or October to January.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 65°F in May, against 64°F to 67°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in May, against 18°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

64% of days in May, against 36% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

68% cover in May, against 53% to 87% through the year.

Daylight

11h 30m in May, against 11h 21m to 12h 54m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April65°18°low 45°low 7°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. May65°18°low 44°low 7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June64°18°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Sacred Valley (Urubamba) sits, in May

America/Lima
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:59 AMsets 5:30 PM
Above the sea
3,310 mhigh country
Latitude
13.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cusco35 km south-east

The land around Sacred Valley (Urubamba), shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Peru in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Sacred Valley (Urubamba)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sacred Valley (Urubamba). Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (3,310 m) against the climate model's (4,125 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (3,310 m) against the climate model's (4,125 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.