Climate averages 1991–2020
Córdoba, Mexico weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Córdoba, Mexico: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 238 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orizaba (19 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Córdoba, Mexico, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Córdoba, Mexico ranks joint 115th of 153 for the warmest May highs and 152nd of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Córdoba, Mexico is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 238 mm to 236 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
Córdoba, Mexico climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 123 | 15.8 | 11.111 h |
| February | 22.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 114 | 13.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 24.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 201 | 16.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 265 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 26.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 238 | 20.1 | 13.013 h |
| June | 25.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 236 | 21.2 | 13.213 h |
| July | 25.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 123 | 16.4 | 13.113 h |
| August | 25.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 130 | 18.6 | 12.813 h |
| September | 24.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 196 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 177 | 19.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 137 | 15.5 | 11.311 h |
| December | 20.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 101 | 13.7 | 11.011 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
- Orizaba in MayMexico · 19 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Tehuacán in MayMexico · 68 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Xalapa de Enríquez in MayMexico · 72 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Veracruz in MayMexico · 89 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Teziutlan in MayMexico · 113 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 172 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in MayMexico · 119 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in MayMexico · 122 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Puebla in MayMexico · 136 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 88 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 Córdoba) is explained once on the Córdoba, Mexico year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.