Climate averages 1991–2020
Xalapa de Enríquez weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Xalapa de Enríquez: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Teziutlan (56 km away). In May its highs average 21.7°C, 1.9°C cooler than Xalapa de Enríquez, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Xalapa de Enríquez ranks 144th of 153 for the warmest May highs and 147th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Xalapa de Enríquez is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 159 mm to 193 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
Xalapa de Enríquez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 59 | 12.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 19.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 60 | 11.6 | 11.511 h |
| March | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 119 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 172 | 19.7 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 23.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 159 | 22.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 22.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 193 | 23.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 22.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 120 | 19.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 22.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 143 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 21.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 205 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 147 | 18.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 80 | 13.2 | 11.211 h |
| December | 18.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 48 | 10.1 | 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
- Teziutlan in MayMexico · 56 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 172 mm rain
- Córdoba, Mexico in MayMexico · 72 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 238 mm rain
- Orizaba in MayMexico · 78 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Veracruz in MayMexico · 90 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Poza Rica de Hidalgo in MayMexico · 125 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Tehuacán in MayMexico · 129 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in MayMexico · 130 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Tlaxcala in MayMexico · 141 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 78 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 Xalapa de Enríquez) is explained once on the Xalapa de Enríquez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.