Climate averages 1991–2020
Agua Prieta weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Agua Prieta: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nogales (133 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Agua Prieta, with 4.1 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Agua Prieta ranks joint 71st of 153 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Agua Prieta is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.9 mm to 9.3 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
Agua Prieta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 27 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 24 | 3.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 15 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 4.8 | 1.3 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 30.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 4.9 | 1.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 9.3 | 2.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 50 | 10.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 46 | 10.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 30 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 18 | 3.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 21 | 2.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.8°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 29 | 4.5 | 10.210 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
- Nogales in MayMexico · 133 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Tucson in MayUnited States · 165 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 2.7 mm rain
- San Tan Valley in MayUnited States · 279 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Las Cruces in MayUnited States · 283 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Hermosillo in MayMexico · 284 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- El Paso in MayUnited States · 294 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in MayMexico · 295 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Chandler in MayUnited States · 309 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 3.5 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 Agua Prieta) is explained once on the Agua Prieta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.