Climate averages 1991–2020
Poza Rica de Hidalgo weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Poza Rica de Hidalgo: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano (48 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, 1.5°C cooler than Poza Rica de Hidalgo, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Poza Rica de Hidalgo ranks joint 47th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 133rd of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Poza Rica de Hidalgo is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 173 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
Poza Rica de Hidalgo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 51 | 9.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 24.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 47 | 7.9 | 11.511 h |
| March | 27.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 73 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 31.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 100 | 12.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 173 | 20.7 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 160 | 22.6 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 168 | 23.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 251 | 23.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 212 | 15.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 112 | 11.8 | 11.211 h |
| December | 23.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 53 | 9.4 | 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
- Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano in MayMexico · 48 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Teziutlan in MayMexico · 80 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 172 mm rain
- Xalapa de Enríquez in MayMexico · 125 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Pachuca de Soto in MayMexico · 141 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Tlaxcala in MayMexico · 158 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 78 mm rain
- San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida in MayMexico · 173 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in MayMexico · 176 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Puebla in MayMexico · 183 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.9°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 Poza Rica de Hidalgo) is explained once on the Poza Rica de Hidalgo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.