Climate averages 1991–2020
Matehuala weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Matehuala: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Victoria (153 km away). In May its highs average 32.3°C, 3.2°C warmer than Matehuala, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Matehuala ranks joint 95th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 96th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Matehuala is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 51 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
Matehuala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 22.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 16 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 29 | 5.1 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 29.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 52 | 9.4 | 13.313 h |
| June | 28.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 51 | 8.2 | 13.614 h |
| July | 28.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 52 | 7.5 | 13.413 h |
| August | 28.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 45 | 7.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 26.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 67 | 9.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 35 | 5.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.011 h |
| December | 20.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 11 | 2.0 | 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
- Ciudad Victoria in MayMexico · 153 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Soledad de Graciano Sánchez in MayMexico · 165 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 50 mm rain
- San Luis Potosí in MayMexico · 170 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Linares in MayMexico · 173 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Ciudad Mante in MayMexico · 198 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Saltillo in MayMexico · 201 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Guadalupe in MayMexico · 216 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Zacatecas in MayMexico · 221 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 31 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 Matehuala) is explained once on the Matehuala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.