Climate averages 1991–2020
La Paz, Mexico weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in La Paz, Mexico: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José del Cabo (136 km away). In May its highs average 31.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than La Paz, Mexico, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, La Paz, Mexico ranks joint 45th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 3rd of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; La Paz, Mexico is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.1 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
La Paz, Mexico climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 8.1 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 6.9 | 1.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 31.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 33.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 13.614 h |
| July | 34.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 11 | 2.5 | 13.513 h |
| August | 34.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 27 | 6.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 32.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 61 | 6.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 11 | 1.1 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 9.6 | 1.1 | 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
- San José del Cabo in MayMexico · 136 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Cabo San Lucas in MayMexico · 145 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Los Mochis in MayMexico · 226 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Guasave in MayMexico · 244 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Guamúchil in MayMexico · 269 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Culiacán in MayMexico · 304 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Navojoa in MayMexico · 337 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Ciudad Obregón in MayMexico · 374 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.8 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 La Paz) is explained once on the La Paz, Mexico year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.