Climate averages 1991–2020
Fresnillo weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Fresnillo: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zacatecas (54 km away). In May its highs average 25.8°C, 2.1°C cooler than Fresnillo, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Fresnillo ranks 109th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 42nd of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Fresnillo is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 68 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
Fresnillo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 15 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 21.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 11 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.5°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 7.6 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 8.5 | 2.2 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 27.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 20 | 4.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 26.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 68 | 9.7 | 13.514 h |
| July | 24.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 94 | 11.8 | 13.413 h |
| August | 24.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 79 | 10.9 | 12.913 h |
| September | 22.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 98 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 31 | 5.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 13 | 2.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 19.4°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 7.5 | 1.4 | 10.711 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
- Zacatecas in MayMexico · 54 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Guadalupe in MayMexico · 60 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Aguascalientes in MayMexico · 156 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Victoria de Durango in MayMexico · 205 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Lagos de Moreno in MayMexico · 224 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 31 mm rain
- San Luis Potosí in MayMexico · 225 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Soledad de Graciano Sánchez in MayMexico · 226 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Matehuala in MayMexico · 233 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 52 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 Fresnillo) is explained once on the Fresnillo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.