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Santa Fe in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Santa Fe is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Santa Fe is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 22% of days
Daylight
14h 02mon average

Is May a good time to visit Santa Fe?

Yes. May is one of Santa Fe's best months (May, or September).

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 74°F in May, against 44°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in May, against 7°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

22% of days in May, against 15% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

34% cover in May, against 28% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

14h 02m in May, against 9h 47m to 14h 32m 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. April64°18°low 35°low 2°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May74°23°low 44°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June85°29°low 55°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Santa Fe sits, in May

America/Denver
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:59 AMsets 8:00 PM
Above the sea
2,134 mhigh country
Latitude
35.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Taos Ski Valley110 km north-east

The land around Santa Fe, 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 United States in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Santa Fe

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Santa Fe. 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 (2,134 m) against the climate model's (2,373 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 (2,134 m) against the climate model's (2,373 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.