Climate averages 1991–2020
Nuevo Laredo weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Nuevo Laredo: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Piedras Negras (168 km away). In May its highs average 32.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Nuevo Laredo, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Nuevo Laredo ranks 20th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 108th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Nuevo Laredo is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 36.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 33 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
Nuevo Laredo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 24 | 4.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 22 | 4.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 27.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 44 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 43 | 5.6 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 34.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 63 | 7.4 | 13.513 h |
| June | 36.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 33 | 5.2 | 13.814 h |
| July | 37.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 45 | 5.3 | 13.714 h |
| August | 37.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 35 | 5.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 33.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 77 | 8.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 44 | 5.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 29 | 4.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 20.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 28 | 5.0 | 10.410 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
- Piedras Negras in MayMexico · 168 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Mission in MayUnited States · 183 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Edinburg in MayUnited States · 187 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 55 mm rain
- McAllen in MayUnited States · 191 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Reynosa in MayMexico · 198 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Monclova in MayMexico · 199 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Ciudad Apodaca in MayMexico · 200 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Ciudad General Escobedo in MayMexico · 203 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 52 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 Nuevo Laredo) is explained once on the Nuevo Laredo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.