Climate averages 1991–2020
Acapulco de Juárez weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Acapulco de Juárez: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iguala de la Independencia (171 km away). In May its highs average 36.8°C, 4.6°C warmer than Acapulco de Juárez, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Acapulco de Juárez ranks joint 41st of 153 for the warmest May highs and 44th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Acapulco de Juárez is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 220 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Acapulco de Juárez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 7.7 | 0.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 30.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 2.9 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 31.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 3.5 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 32.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 23 | 3.8 | 12.913 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 220 | 16.2 | 13.113 h |
| July | 30.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 181 | 16.3 | 13.013 h |
| August | 30.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 266 | 18.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 318 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 196 | 17.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 32 | 4.5 | 11.411 h |
| December | 30.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 6.4 | 0.8 | 11.111 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Iguala de la Independencia in MayMexico · 171 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Temixco in MayMexico · 234 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Cuautla in MayMexico · 241 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Cuernavaca in MayMexico · 242 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Toluca in MayMexico · 272 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas in MayMexico · 273 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Atlixco in MayMexico · 277 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 172 mm rain
- Xochimilco in MayMexico · 281 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 79 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Acapulco de Juárez) is explained once on the Acapulco de Juárez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.