Climate averages 1991–2020
Tepic weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Tepic: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puerto Vallarta (105 km away). In May its highs average 32.2°C, 1.4°C warmer than Tepic, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tepic ranks joint 63rd of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 29th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Tepic is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 170 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
Tepic climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 30 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 27 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 10 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 30.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 13 | 2.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 170 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 329 | 29.1 | 13.313 h |
| August | 27.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 393 | 30.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 27.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 357 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 144 | 16.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 36 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 31 | 3.1 | 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
- Puerto Vallarta in MayMexico · 105 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Zapopan in MayMexico · 179 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Guadalajara in MayMexico · 185 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in MayMexico · 192 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in MayMexico · 192 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Tonalá in MayMexico · 198 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Tepatitlán de Morelos in MayMexico · 234 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Mazatlán in MayMexico · 247 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.6 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 Tepic) is explained once on the Tepic year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.