Climate averages 1991–2020

Ciudad Delicias 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.

Average high 33.7°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 17.6°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 9.8 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Ciudad Delicias · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Ciudad Delicias: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 9.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chihuahua (78 km away). In May its highs average 31.7°C, 2.0°C cooler than Ciudad Delicias, with 13 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Ciudad Delicias ranks 22nd of 153 for the warmest May highs and 25th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Ciudad Delicias is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 35.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.8 mm to 16 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ciudad Delicias climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ciudad Delicias, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.4°C4.5°C4.5°C8.51.810.611 h
February 22.5°C6.7°C6.7°C5.81.111.211 h
March 26.2°C9.8°C9.8°C5.71.112.012 h
April 30.1°C13.5°C13.5°C4.71.012.813 h
May, selected 33.7°C17.6°C17.6°C9.82.213.514 h
June 35.9°C21.8°C21.8°C163.713.914 h
July 33.5°C21.5°C21.5°C659.213.714 h
August 32.5°C21.0°C21.0°C638.913.113 h
September 30.3°C18.9°C18.9°C507.412.412 h
October 28.2°C14.6°C14.6°C173.011.512 h
November 23.2°C9.1°C9.1°C131.910.811 h
December 19.4°C4.8°C4.8°C7.91.410.410 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

Distance from Ciudad Delicias

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ciudad Delicias) is explained once on the Ciudad Delicias year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.