Climate averages 1991–2020
Zapopan weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Zapopan: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guadalajara (6 km away). In May its highs average 32.4°C, about as warm as Zapopan, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Zapopan ranks joint 38th of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 32nd of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Zapopan is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 130 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
Zapopan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.511 h |
| March | 28.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 6.6 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 4.4 | 1.1 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 32.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 14 | 3.6 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 130 | 18.2 | 13.413 h |
| July | 26.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 220 | 25.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 26.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 197 | 25.1 | 12.813 h |
| September | 25.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 168 | 20.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 59 | 9.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 14 | 2.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 24.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 8.2 | 1.4 | 10.911 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
- Guadalajara in MayMexico · 6 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in MayMexico · 13 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Tonalá in MayMexico · 19 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in MayMexico · 23 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Tepatitlán de Morelos in MayMexico · 66 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Ocotlán in MayMexico · 76 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in MayMexico · 113 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in MayMexico · 141 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 41 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 Zapopan) is explained once on the Zapopan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.