Climate averages 1991–2020
Manzanillo, Mexico weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 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 Manzanillo, Mexico: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 7.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 2nd 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 Tecomán (54 km away). In May its highs average 31.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Manzanillo, Mexico, with 9.3 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Manzanillo, Mexico ranks joint 81st of 153 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Manzanillo, Mexico is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.1 mm to 142 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
Manzanillo, Mexico climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 22 | 1.1 | 11.111 h |
| February | 28.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 13 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 8.6 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 30.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 7.1 | 1.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 142 | 15.5 | 13.313 h |
| July | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 169 | 21.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 223 | 23.1 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 283 | 23.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 146 | 15.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 26 | 3.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 10 | 1.4 | 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
- Tecomán in MayMexico · 54 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez in MayMexico · 66 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Colima in MayMexico · 68 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in MayMexico · 113 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in MayMexico · 185 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Puerto Vallarta in MayMexico · 191 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in MayMexico · 202 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Guadalajara in MayMexico · 202 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 18 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 Manzanillo) is explained once on the Manzanillo, Mexico year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.