Climate averages 1991–2020
Apatzingán weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Apatzingán: daytime highs average 37.2°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uruapan (48 km away). In May its highs average 28.2°C, 9.0°C cooler than Apatzingán, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Apatzingán ranks 1st of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 29th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Apatzingán is 7.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 119 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
Apatzingán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 14 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 33.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 8.0 | 0.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 35.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 7.5 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 37.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 13 | 3.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 32.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 119 | 18.8 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 144 | 22.7 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 154 | 23.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 156 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 77 | 13.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 31.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 20 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| December | 30.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 4.9 | 0.8 | 11.011 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
- Uruapan in MayMexico · 48 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in MayMexico · 100 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas in MayMexico · 126 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in MayMexico · 135 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Morelia in MayMexico · 141 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Colima in MayMexico · 143 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 17 mm rain
- La Piedad de Cabadas in MayMexico · 144 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez in MayMexico · 146 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 17 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 Apatzingán) is explained once on the Apatzingán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.