Buenavista weather in May

In May, Buenavista sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 75 mm of rain across 12.3 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of May to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Buenavista's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Buenavista's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:05 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover
53%
7th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Buenavista is town in Tultitlán municipality, State of Mexico, Mexico.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical May day in Buenavista reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Buenavista weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 234.510.97.4
Feb22° / 194.211.37.9
Mar24° / 306.311.97.9
Apr25° / 498.912.47.3
May24° / 11°7512.312.96.7
Jun23° / 12°15117.413.25.5
Jul22° / 11°15222.813.14.7
Aug22° / 11°15921.912.74.7
Sep21° / 11°17320.312.14.8
Oct21° / 951311.55.9
Nov20° / 336.511.17.1
Dec20° / 17310.87.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
36337
46238
56139
66238
76139
86040
95941
106040
115941
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236139
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265842
275743
285644
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305446
315347

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Buenavista gets around 75 mm of rain over 12.3 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 39% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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237
338
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741
842
942
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1142
1241
1341
1441
1540
1640
1739
1839
1938
2038
2137
2237
2337
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2638
2738
2838
2939
3040
3140

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
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86calm
96calm
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116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of May to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 7:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.76:136:55
212.76:126:55
312.76:126:56
412.86:116:56
512.86:106:56
612.86:106:57
712.86:096:57
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1612.96:057:01
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1813.06:047:01
1913.06:047:02
2013.06:047:02
2113.06:047:03
2213.06:037:03
2313.06:037:03
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2513.06:027:04
2613.06:027:05
2713.16:027:05
2813.16:027:05
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.75 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Buenavista

In seasonPeak

None of Buenavista's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Buenavista's rainy season runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Buenavista?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Buenavista for sightseeing.

What to pack for Buenavista in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Buenavista sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Buenavista in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Buenavista peaks around June 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highJun 16UV 14Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Buenavista in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Buenavista is worst in December — around 179 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyDec 11178 µg/m³Apr 14115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan149Unhealthy
Feb141Unhealthy
Mar126Unhealthy
Apr113Unhealthy
May134Unhealthy
Jun126Unhealthy
Jul135Unhealthy
Aug127Unhealthy
Sep136Unhealthy
Oct137Unhealthy
Nov174Very unhealthy
Dec179Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Buenavista?

Buenavista sits at 19.6°N, 99.2°W, 2,333 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Ampliación San Mateo, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Buenavista

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Buenavista.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Buenavista has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 345 m around an average of 2,286 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 773 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,982 m.

The land around Buenavista is covered by artificial surfaces (83%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (64%) within 16 km, and cropland (30%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
345 m
16 km
773 m
80 km
3,982 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Ampliación San Mateo 2.0 km · Fuentes del Valle 4.0 km · Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo 4.0 km · Cuautitlán Izcalli 6.0 km · Coacalco 7.0 km · Cuautitlán 7.0 km · Santiago Teyahualco 7.0 km · Tlalnepantla 8.0 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 54% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,889
2025
Happiness
7.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 440
Religion
Catholic 78%no religion 11%other Evangelical Churches 8%Jehovah Witness 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Buenavista (19.6083°, -99.1694°, elevation 2,333 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).