Climate averages 1991–2020
Veracruz weather
in May.
A hot, moderately 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 Veracruz: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Córdoba, Mexico (89 km away). In May its highs average 26.6°C, 6.5°C cooler than Veracruz, with 238 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Veracruz ranks joint 29th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 74th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Veracruz is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 191 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
Veracruz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 18 | 4.3 | 11.111 h |
| February | 27.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.512 h |
| March | 29.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 21 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 25 | 4.3 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 33.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 44 | 8.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 191 | 21.3 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 206 | 22.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 196 | 22.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 217 | 23.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 116 | 15.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 49 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 21 | 4.5 | 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
- Córdoba, Mexico in MayMexico · 89 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 238 mm rain
- Xalapa de Enríquez in MayMexico · 90 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Orizaba in MayMexico · 107 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in MayMexico · 122 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Teziutlan in MayMexico · 146 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 172 mm rain
- Tehuacán in MayMexico · 154 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in MayMexico · 200 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Poza Rica de Hidalgo in MayMexico · 204 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 100 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 Veracruz) is explained once on the Veracruz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.