Climate averages 1991–2020

Aguascalientes weather
in May.

A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.9°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 15.0°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 28 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Aguascalientes · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Aguascalientes: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lagos de Moreno (69 km away). In May its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Aguascalientes, with 31 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Aguascalientes ranks joint 83rd of 153 for the warmest May highs and 50th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Aguascalientes is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 81 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Aguascalientes climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Aguascalientes, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 21.1°C7.1°C7.1°C172.511.011 h
February 23.4°C8.3°C8.3°C131.811.411 h
March 26.2°C10.2°C10.2°C7.71.412.012 h
April 28.8°C12.7°C12.7°C6.21.512.613 h
May, selected 29.9°C15.0°C15.0°C285.613.213 h
June 27.9°C15.7°C15.7°C8111.313.413 h
July 25.6°C14.6°C14.6°C11014.013.313 h
August 25.7°C14.6°C14.6°C8912.412.913 h
September 24.3°C14.2°C14.2°C9012.012.312 h
October 24.6°C12.4°C12.4°C355.811.712 h
November 23.3°C9.8°C9.8°C111.911.111 h
December 21.8°C8.0°C8.0°C7.91.410.811 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

Distance from Aguascalientes

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aguascalientes) is explained once on the Aguascalientes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.