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Mexico City in May

Warm and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Mexico City is warm: highs near 81°F, lows near 54°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Mexico City is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
81°F27°Caverage
Low
54°F12°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 45% of days
Daylight
13h 03mon average

Is May a good time to visit Mexico City?

A good month, just outside Mexico City's best months, which run from December to March.

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 81°F in May, against 71°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in May, against 22°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

45% of days in May, against 11% to 90% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in May, against 37% to 82% through the year.

Daylight

13h 03m in May, against 10h 59m to 13h 17m 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. April81°27°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May81°27°low 54°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June77°25°low 55°low 13°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Mexico City sits, in May

America/Mexico City
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:01 AMsets 7:04 PM
Above the sea
2,220 mhigh country
Latitude
19.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Puebla107 km south-east

The land around Mexico City, 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 Mexico in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Mexico City

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Mexico City. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.