Climate averages 1991–2020
Ocotlán weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ocotlán: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tepatitlán de Morelos (52 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Ocotlán, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Ocotlán ranks joint 53rd of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 42nd of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Ocotlán is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 88 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
Ocotlán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 16 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| February | 25.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.511 h |
| March | 28.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 9.0 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 31.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 20 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 28.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 88 | 16.6 | 13.313 h |
| July | 26.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 110 | 21.4 | 13.213 h |
| August | 26.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 96 | 20.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 95 | 17.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 39 | 7.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 14 | 2.6 | 11.211 h |
| December | 24.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 10.911 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
- Tepatitlán de Morelos in MayMexico · 52 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Tonalá in MayMexico · 58 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in MayMexico · 63 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in MayMexico · 65 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in MayMexico · 66 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Guadalajara in MayMexico · 70 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Zapopan in MayMexico · 76 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 14 mm rain
- La Piedad de Cabadas in MayMexico · 78 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.3°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 Ocotlán) is explained once on the Ocotlán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.