Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Obregón weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Ciudad Obregón: daytime highs average 36.0°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Navojoa (67 km away). In May its highs average 36.3°C, about as warm as Ciudad Obregón, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Ciudad Obregón ranks 5th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 11th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Ciudad Obregón is 6.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 38.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 9.0 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 Obregón climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 11 | 1.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 26.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 16 | 1.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 6.9 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 36.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 38.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 9.0 | 1.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 37.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 57 | 9.7 | 13.714 h |
| August | 36.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 84 | 13.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 35.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 82 | 9.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 26 | 2.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 30.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 18 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 25.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 2.1 | 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
- Navojoa in MayMexico · 67 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Heroica Guaymas in MayMexico · 106 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Hermosillo in MayMexico · 205 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Los Mochis in MayMexico · 211 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Guasave in MayMexico · 259 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Guamúchil in MayMexico · 292 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Cuauhtémoc in MayMexico · 319 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 11 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in MayMexico · 374 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.4 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 Obregón) is explained once on the Ciudad Obregón year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.