Climate averages 1991–2020
Saltillo weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Saltillo: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is García (57 km away). In May its highs average 30.9°C, 2.3°C warmer than Saltillo, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Saltillo ranks 100th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 68th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Saltillo is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 61 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
Saltillo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 21 | 3.6 | 10.711 h |
| February | 21.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 23.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 26 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 26 | 5.9 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 28.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 39 | 10.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 61 | 10.9 | 13.714 h |
| July | 27.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 103 | 17.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 86 | 15.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 103 | 14.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 20 | 3.4 | 10.911 h |
| December | 19.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 17 | 2.9 | 10.611 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
- García in MayMexico · 57 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Santa Catarina in MayMexico · 59 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 46 mm rain
- San Pedro Garza García in MayMexico · 63 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Monterrey in MayMexico · 72 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Ciudad General Escobedo in MayMexico · 78 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Ciudad Apodaca in MayMexico · 89 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Ciudad Benito Juárez in MayMexico · 92 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Linares in MayMexico · 156 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 65 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 Saltillo) is explained once on the Saltillo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.