Climate averages 1991–2020

Tlaxcala weather
in May.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.6°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 12.0°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 78 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Tlaxcala · average highYear overview

May is a warm month in Tlaxcala: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida (21 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Tlaxcala, with 121 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tlaxcala ranks joint 137th of 153 for the warmest May highs and 122nd of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Tlaxcala is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 172 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Tlaxcala climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tlaxcala, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 20.2°C6.9°C6.9°C122.611.111 h
February 22.1°C8.2°C8.2°C122.311.512 h
March 23.8°C9.6°C9.6°C255.912.012 h
April 24.9°C11.3°C11.3°C438.812.613 h
May, selected 24.6°C12.0°C12.0°C7814.513.013 h
June 22.5°C12.5°C12.5°C17218.413.313 h
July 21.5°C11.3°C11.3°C16220.313.213 h
August 21.6°C11.8°C11.8°C17521.212.813 h
September 20.8°C11.9°C11.9°C17720.212.312 h
October 20.7°C10.3°C10.3°C8211.711.712 h
November 20.6°C8.4°C8.4°C244.711.211 h
December 20.6°C7.2°C7.2°C7.82.111.011 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

Distance from Tlaxcala

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tlaxcala) is explained once on the Tlaxcala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.