Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuernavaca weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cuernavaca: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th 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 Temixco (9 km away). In May its highs average 30.6°C, 2.3°C warmer than Cuernavaca, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cuernavaca ranks joint 101st of 153 for the warmest May highs and 143rd of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Cuernavaca is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 139 mm to 259 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
Cuernavaca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 11 | 1.6 | 11.111 h |
| February | 25.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 10 | 2.0 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 13 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 32 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 28.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 139 | 16.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 259 | 25.0 | 13.213 h |
| July | 24.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 202 | 26.4 | 13.213 h |
| August | 24.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 242 | 27.6 | 12.813 h |
| September | 23.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 271 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 116 | 16.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 28 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| December | 23.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 6.6 | 1.3 | 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
- Temixco in MayMexico · 9 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Cuautla in MayMexico · 32 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Xochimilco in MayMexico · 39 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Coyoacán in MayMexico · 47 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos in MayMexico · 50 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 133 mm rain
- Huixquilucan in MayMexico · 50 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Miguel Hidalgo in MayMexico · 57 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Ixtapaluca in MayMexico · 57 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 79 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 Cuernavaca) is explained once on the Cuernavaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.