Climate averages 1991–2020
Uruapan weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Uruapan: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a 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 Apatzingán (48 km away). In May its highs average 37.2°C, 9.0°C warmer than Uruapan, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Uruapan ranks 106th of 153 for the warmest May highs and 144th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Uruapan is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 280 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
Uruapan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 43 | 6.2 | 11.111 h |
| February | 24.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 40 | 5.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 38 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 31 | 7.0 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 28.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 145 | 17.1 | 13.013 h |
| June | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 280 | 26.2 | 13.313 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 340 | 29.9 | 13.213 h |
| August | 24.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 335 | 29.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 23.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 311 | 27.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 166 | 19.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 59 | 9.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 23.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 26 | 4.7 | 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
- Apatzingán in MayMexico · 48 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in MayMexico · 67 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Morelia in MayMexico · 97 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 56 mm rain
- La Piedad de Cabadas in MayMexico · 103 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Ocotlán in MayMexico · 128 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in MayMexico · 151 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Salamanca, Mexico in MayMexico · 157 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Irapuato in MayMexico · 158 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 36 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 Uruapan) is explained once on the Uruapan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.