Climate · San Miguel de Allende

San Miguel de Allende in May

Hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in San Miguel de Allende is hot: highs near 89°F, lows near 58°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.May in San Miguel de Allende is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
89°F32°Caverage
Low
58°F14°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 24% of days
Daylight
13h 08mon average

Is May a good time to visit San Miguel de Allende?


May sits outside San Miguel de Allende's best months, which run from November to February. Expect hot days and rain on about two days a week.

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 89°F in May, against 76°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in May, against 24°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

24% of days in May, against 4% to 55% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in May, against 39% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

13h 08m in May, against 10h 53m to 13h 23m 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.

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  1. April88°31°low 55°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May89°32°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June85°29°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where San Miguel de Allende sits, in May

America/Mexico City

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:06 AMsets 7:13 PM
Above the sea
1,885 mhigh country
Latitude
20.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Mexico City235 km south-east

The land around San Miguel de Allende, 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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest San Miguel de Allende. 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 (1,885 m) against the climate model's (2,099 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 (1,885 m) against the climate model's (2,099 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.