Climate averages 1991–2020
Sugar Land weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sugar Land: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Missouri City (9 km away). In May its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Sugar Land, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Sugar Land ranks joint 48th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 267th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Sugar Land is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 103 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
Sugar Land climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 92 | 9.7 | 10.510 h |
| February | 19.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 73 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 83 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 89 | 8.2 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 29.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 87 | 9.6 | 13.614 h |
| June | 31.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 103 | 12.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 33.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 83 | 12.2 | 13.814 h |
| August | 33.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 88 | 12.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 108 | 12.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 99 | 9.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 94 | 8.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 17.9°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 95 | 9.2 | 10.310 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
- Missouri City in MayUnited States · 9 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Houston in MayUnited States · 31 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Pearland in MayUnited States · 34 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Cypress in MayUnited States · 39 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Pasadena (Texas), United States in MayUnited States · 42 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 90 mm rain
- League City in MayUnited States · 54 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 89 mm rain
- The Woodlands in MayUnited States · 61 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 104 mm rain
- Baytown in MayUnited States · 65 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 96 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 Sugar Land) is explained once on the Sugar Land year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.