Climate averages 1991–2020
Atlixco weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Atlixco: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 172 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th 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 Cholula (22 km away). In May its highs average 24.9°C, 2.0°C cooler than Atlixco, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Atlixco ranks 113th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 148th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Atlixco is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 172 mm to 230 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
Atlixco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 14 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| February | 24.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 13 | 2.3 | 11.512 h |
| March | 26.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 31 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 66 | 10.7 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 26.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 172 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| June | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 230 | 22.7 | 13.213 h |
| July | 24.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 165 | 21.1 | 13.113 h |
| August | 24.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 179 | 22.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 23.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 219 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 93 | 13.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 23.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 28 | 5.2 | 11.311 h |
| December | 23.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 6.7 | 1.5 | 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
- Cholula in MayMexico · 22 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Puebla in MayMexico · 29 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 88 mm rain
- San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida in MayMexico · 42 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in MayMexico · 44 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Tlaxcala in MayMexico · 50 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Cuautla in MayMexico · 56 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Ixtapaluca in MayMexico · 65 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Chicoloapan in MayMexico · 75 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 29 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 Atlixco) is explained once on the Atlixco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.