Climate averages 1991–2020
Cárdenas, Mexico weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Cárdenas, Mexico: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villahermosa (46 km away). In May its highs average 34.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Cárdenas, Mexico, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cárdenas, Mexico ranks 19th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 126th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Cárdenas, Mexico is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 208 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
Cárdenas, Mexico climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 81 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 50 | 7.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 30.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 31 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 39 | 6.4 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 34.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 84 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 32.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 208 | 21.1 | 13.213 h |
| July | 32.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 164 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| August | 31.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 227 | 24.0 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 289 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 243 | 21.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 134 | 15.2 | 11.311 h |
| December | 26.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 82 | 11.8 | 11.111 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
- Villahermosa in MayMexico · 46 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Paraiso in MayMexico · 48 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in MayMexico · 114 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Minatitlán in MayMexico · 125 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Tuxtla in MayMexico · 141 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 158 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in MayMexico · 162 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 223 mm rain
- Ciudad del Carmen in MayMexico · 178 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Comitán in MayMexico · 236 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 154 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 Cárdenas) is explained once on the Cárdenas, Mexico year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.