Climate averages 1991–2020
Tehuacán weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Tehuacán: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th 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 Orizaba (53 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Tehuacán, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tehuacán ranks joint 111th 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; Tehuacán is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 143 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
Tehuacán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 7.1 | 1.5 | 11.211 h |
| February | 24.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 7.7 | 1.8 | 11.512 h |
| March | 26.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 19 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 49 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 27.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 100 | 15.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 24.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 143 | 16.2 | 13.213 h |
| July | 24.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 74 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| August | 24.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 83 | 12.2 | 12.813 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 121 | 15.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 65 | 10.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 22.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| December | 22.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 5.5 | 1.2 | 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
- Orizaba in MayMexico · 53 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Córdoba, Mexico in MayMexico · 68 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 238 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in MayMexico · 94 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Puebla in MayMexico · 107 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Cholula in MayMexico · 116 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Atlixco in MayMexico · 120 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 172 mm rain
- Xalapa de Enríquez in MayMexico · 129 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Tlaxcala in MayMexico · 130 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 78 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 Tehuacán) is explained once on the Tehuacán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.