Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th 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 Apatzingán (126 km away). In May its highs average 37.2°C, 5.6°C warmer than Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas ranks joint 51st of 153 for the warmest May highs and 28th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 168 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
Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 21 | 1.2 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 7.0 | 0.5 | 11.512 h |
| March | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.2 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.5 | 0.0 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 31.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 12 | 2.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 168 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 184 | 18.5 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 254 | 20.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 333 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 195 | 20.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 11 | 1.8 | 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
- Apatzingán in MayMexico · 126 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Uruapan in MayMexico · 162 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Tecomán in MayMexico · 206 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Colima in MayMexico · 214 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez in MayMexico · 218 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Morelia in MayMexico · 221 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in MayMexico · 225 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in MayMexico · 235 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 36 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 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas) is explained once on the Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.