Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuxtepec weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 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 Tuxtepec: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Veracruz (122 km away). In May its highs average 33.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Tuxtepec, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tuxtepec ranks 21st of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 137th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Tuxtepec is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 334 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
Tuxtepec climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 85 | 11.4 | 11.211 h |
| February | 27.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 63 | 8.8 | 11.512 h |
| March | 30.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 60 | 8.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 68 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 33.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 117 | 14.1 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 334 | 24.4 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 321 | 25.4 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 340 | 26.4 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 423 | 26.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 290 | 19.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 159 | 13.5 | 11.311 h |
| December | 25.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 87 | 11.3 | 11.111 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
- Veracruz in MayMexico · 122 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Córdoba, Mexico in MayMexico · 122 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 238 mm rain
- Oaxaca in MayMexico · 131 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Orizaba in MayMexico · 133 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Tehuacán in MayMexico · 141 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Minatitlán in MayMexico · 166 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in MayMexico · 178 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Xalapa de Enríquez in MayMexico · 181 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 159 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 Tuxtepec) is explained once on the Tuxtepec year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.