Climate averages 1991–2020
Salina Cruz weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet 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 Salina Cruz: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza (34 km away). In May its highs average 33.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Salina Cruz, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Salina Cruz ranks 36th of 153 for the warmest May highs and 112th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Salina Cruz is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 233 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
Salina Cruz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| February | 29.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 6.2 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| May, selected | 32.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 67 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| June | 31.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 233 | 17.7 | 13.113 h |
| July | 31.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 122 | 11.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 31.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 163 | 14.5 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 206 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 84 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 15 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| December | 29.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 11.211 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
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in MayMexico · 34 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Oaxaca in MayMexico · 191 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Minatitlán in MayMexico · 214 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Tuxtla in MayMexico · 231 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 158 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in MayMexico · 233 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in MayMexico · 235 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 117 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in MayMexico · 279 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 223 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in MayMexico · 280 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 84 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 Salina Cruz) is explained once on the Salina Cruz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.