Climate averages 1991–2020
Campeche weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Campeche: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mérida (156 km away). In May its highs average 35.7°C, about as warm as Campeche, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Campeche ranks 9th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 87th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Campeche is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 151 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
Campeche climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.111 h |
| February | 30.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 12 | 2.7 | 11.511 h |
| March | 32.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 10 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 16 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 35.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 50 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| June | 33.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 151 | 17.6 | 13.313 h |
| July | 33.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 101 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 33.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 126 | 18.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 174 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 108 | 14.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 38 | 6.9 | 11.211 h |
| December | 28.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 22 | 3.7 | 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
- Mérida in MayMexico · 156 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Kanasín in MayMexico · 157 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Ciudad del Carmen in MayMexico · 191 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Chetumal in MayMexico · 275 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Paraiso in MayMexico · 325 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Villahermosa in MayMexico · 328 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Belmopan in MayBelize · 342 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in MayMexico · 364 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 84 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 Campeche) is explained once on the Campeche year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.