Climate averages 1991–2020
Paraiso weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Paraiso: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cárdenas, Mexico (48 km away). In May its highs average 34.1°C, about as warm as Paraiso, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Paraiso ranks 14th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 87th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Paraiso is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 156 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
Paraiso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 59 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 31.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 23 | 4.5 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 34.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 50 | 8.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 32.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 156 | 18.5 | 13.213 h |
| July | 32.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 103 | 15.7 | 13.113 h |
| August | 32.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 158 | 20.8 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 244 | 25.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 213 | 19.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 115 | 13.9 | 11.311 h |
| December | 27.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 66 | 9.8 | 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
- Cárdenas, Mexico in MayMexico · 48 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Villahermosa in MayMexico · 55 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in MayMexico · 133 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Ciudad del Carmen in MayMexico · 148 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Minatitlán in MayMexico · 149 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Tuxtla in MayMexico · 183 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 158 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in MayMexico · 196 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 223 mm rain
- Comitán in MayMexico · 266 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 154 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 Paraiso) is explained once on the Paraiso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.