Climate averages 1991–2020
Morelia weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Morelia: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heróica Zitácuaro (92 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Morelia, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Morelia ranks 108th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 103rd of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Morelia is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 116 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
Morelia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 19 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| February | 24.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 2.9 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 17 | 4.4 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 27.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 56 | 11.5 | 13.113 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 116 | 18.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 126 | 22.9 | 13.213 h |
| August | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 115 | 21.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 22.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 115 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 55 | 10.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 22.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 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
- Heróica Zitácuaro in MayMexico · 92 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Salamanca, Mexico in MayMexico · 97 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Uruapan in MayMexico · 97 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Celaya in MayMexico · 99 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Irapuato in MayMexico · 109 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 36 mm rain
- La Piedad de Cabadas in MayMexico · 113 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in MayMexico · 119 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 41 mm rain
- El Pueblito in MayMexico · 121 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 45 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 Morelia) is explained once on the Morelia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.