Climate averages 1991–2020
Tampico weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Tampico: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Madero (6 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, 0.5°C warmer than Tampico, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tampico ranks joint 91st of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 72nd of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Tampico is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 121 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
Tampico climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 34 | 7.1 | 10.911 h |
| February | 23.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 22 | 4.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 24 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 31 | 4.5 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 43 | 7.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 121 | 16.1 | 13.513 h |
| July | 29.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 129 | 17.6 | 13.413 h |
| August | 29.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 121 | 18.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 193 | 21.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 112 | 13.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 48 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| December | 23.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 26 | 5.5 | 10.811 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
- Ciudad Madero in MayMexico · 6 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Miramar in MayMexico · 9 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Ciudad Valles in MayMexico · 121 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Ciudad Mante in MayMexico · 123 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano in MayMexico · 155 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Poza Rica de Hidalgo in MayMexico · 200 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Ciudad Victoria in MayMexico · 207 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Pachuca de Soto in MayMexico · 257 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 59 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 Tampico) is explained once on the Tampico year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Miramar lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.