Climate averages 1991–2020
Orizaba weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Orizaba: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Córdoba, Mexico (19 km away). In May its highs average 26.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Orizaba, with 238 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Orizaba ranks joint 120th of 153 for the warmest May highs and 150th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Orizaba is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 211 mm to 227 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
Orizaba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 111 | 15.8 | 11.111 h |
| February | 22.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 97 | 13.1 | 11.512 h |
| March | 23.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 151 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 192 | 18.7 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 25.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 211 | 21.0 | 13.013 h |
| June | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 227 | 23.0 | 13.213 h |
| July | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 145 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| August | 24.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 142 | 19.9 | 12.813 h |
| September | 24.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 204 | 23.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 192 | 20.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 21.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 140 | 16.7 | 11.311 h |
| December | 20.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 93 | 14.6 | 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
- Córdoba, Mexico in MayMexico · 19 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 238 mm rain
- Tehuacán in MayMexico · 53 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Xalapa de Enríquez in MayMexico · 78 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in MayMexico · 102 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Veracruz in MayMexico · 107 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Teziutlan in MayMexico · 111 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 172 mm rain
- Puebla in MayMexico · 119 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Cholula in MayMexico · 129 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 88 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 Orizaba) is explained once on the Orizaba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.