Ciénega de Flores weather in May

In May, Ciénega de Flores sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 47 mm of rain across 10.1 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of May to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ciénega de Flores's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciénega de Flores's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
47 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:59 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover
47%
10th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Ciénega de Flores is municipal seat of Ciénega de Flores, State of Nuevo León, Mexico.

Founded
1675

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ciénega de Flores reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C warmer than April and about 1°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Ciénega de Flores

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 26 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
26
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ciénega de Flores weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 296.110.67.1
Feb23° / 11°24511.17.8
Mar27° / 14°316.311.87.3
Apr30° / 18°346.912.65.5
May32° / 20°4710.113.34.0
Jun34° / 22°467.213.63.5
Jul34° / 23°445.813.53.4
Aug34° / 23°406.112.93.4
Sep31° / 21°9512.112.24.5
Oct28° / 17°407.611.46.7
Nov24° / 13°28610.77.7
Dec21° / 25510.47.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
36337
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56337
66337
76337
86436
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ciénega de Flores gets around 47 mm of rain over 10.1 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 32% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 58% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1221527333
2211427343
3191428363
4181328384
5161228394
6151129414
7131129425
8121030435
9101030445
109931455
118932466
127932466
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145932476
155932487
164931497
174930508
184829518
193828538
203827539
213726559
222725579
232624599
242622619
2515216310
2615206410
2714196610
2814186611
2914176612
3003166912
3103166813

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of May to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:09 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 7:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:097:07
213.06:087:07
313.06:077:08
413.06:077:08
513.16:067:09
613.16:057:09
713.16:047:10
813.16:047:11
913.16:037:11
1013.26:027:12
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1213.26:017:13
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1413.26:007:14
1513.25:597:14
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2713.45:547:21
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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 6.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.58 kWh/m² to a high of 6.74 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.52 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ciénega de Flores?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ciénega de Flores for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ciénega de Flores in May

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

In May, Ciénega de Flores sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Ciénega de Flores in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ciénega de Flores peaks around July 24 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 24UV 12Dec 18UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb8Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Ciénega de Flores 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 Ciénega de Flores is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (February, 10 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1517 µg/m³Feb 810 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar12Good
Apr13Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ciénega de Flores?

Ciénega de Flores sits at 26.0°N, 100.2°W, 399 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Fraccionamiento Real Palmas, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Ciénega de Flores

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciénega de Flores has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 403 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 549 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,562 m.

The land around Ciénega de Flores is covered by shrubs (64%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (73%) within 16 km, and shrubs (64%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
549 m
80 km
3,562 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Fraccionamiento Real Palmas 6.0 km · Ciudad Apodaca 19 km · Ciudad General Escobedo 23 km · San Nicolás de los Garza 27 km · Hidalgo 29 km · Guadalupe 32 km · Mitras Poniente 33 km · Monterrey 34 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 Ciénega de Flores (25.9545°, -100.1662°, elevation 399 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).