Climate averages 1991–2020
Minatitlán weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Minatitlán: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coatzacoalcos (20 km away). In May its highs average 32.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Minatitlán, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Minatitlán ranks joint 27th of 153 for the warmest May highs and 113th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Minatitlán is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 249 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
Minatitlán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 70 | 10.7 | 11.211 h |
| February | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 29.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 21 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 33.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 72 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 249 | 23.6 | 13.213 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 289 | 27.0 | 13.113 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 331 | 27.6 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 334 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 246 | 21.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 15.9 | 11.311 h |
| December | 25.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 73 | 12.8 | 11.111 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
- Coatzacoalcos in MayMexico · 20 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in MayMexico · 125 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Paraiso in MayMexico · 149 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in MayMexico · 166 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Villahermosa in MayMexico · 171 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in MayMexico · 181 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Tuxtla in MayMexico · 206 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 158 mm rain
- Veracruz in MayMexico · 213 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 44 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 Minatitlán) is explained once on the Minatitlán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.