Climate averages 1991–2020
Chihuahua weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Chihuahua: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 15.9°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 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Delicias (78 km away). In May its highs average 33.7°C, 2.0°C warmer than Chihuahua, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Chihuahua ranks joint 47th 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; Chihuahua is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 20 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
Chihuahua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 11 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
| February | 20.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 7.0 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 7.1 | 1.5 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 31.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 13 | 2.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 33.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 20 | 4.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 65 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 65 | 9.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 57 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 21 | 3.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 21.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 15 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 17.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 8.6 | 1.8 | 10.410 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
- Ciudad Delicias in MayMexico · 78 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Cuauhtémoc in MayMexico · 80 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Hidalgo del Parral in MayMexico · 194 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in MayMexico · 345 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.6 mm rain
- El Paso in MayUnited States · 349 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Navojoa in MayMexico · 373 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Ciudad Obregón in MayMexico · 399 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Guamúchil in MayMexico · 404 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.7 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 Chihuahua) is explained once on the Chihuahua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.