Ciudad Benito Juárez weather in May

In May, Ciudad Benito Juárez sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 51 mm of rain across 8.3 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% 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 Ciudad Benito Juárez's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciudad Benito Juárez's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
8th coldest
Rainfall
51 mm
8.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:59 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
48%
10th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Ciudad Benito Juárez is municipal seat of Juárez, State of Nuevo León, Mexico.

Founded
1604

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 33°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ciudad Benito Juárez reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C warmer than April and about 2°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Ciudad Benito Juárez

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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
31
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.

Ciudad Benito Juárez weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 10°275.310.67.4
Feb24° / 12°234.811.17.8
Mar28° / 15°316.111.86.9
Apr31° / 19°376.412.65.0
May34° / 22°518.313.23.5
Jun35° / 24°526.313.62.6
Jul36° / 24°505.413.42.3
Aug36° / 24°486.412.92.2
Sep32° / 22°12012.212.23.8
Oct29° / 19°496.711.46.1
Nov25° / 14°285.110.77.9
Dec22° / 11°244.510.47.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26139
36139
46139
56139
66238
76238
86337
96337
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116436
126535
136436
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ciudad Benito Juárez gets around 51 mm of rain over 8.3 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 26% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1827
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2028
2128
2228
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2727
2826
2926
3025
3125

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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 74% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11412233911
21411224112
31311214213
41210214414
5119204515
6108204615
798204816
887194917
977195017
1067195018
1157195118
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2413125826
2503115927
2603115828
2702105929
2802105830
290295732
300295633
310295534

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 11 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 5:54 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 7:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:097:06
213.06:087:07
313.06:077:07
413.06:077:08
513.06:067:08
613.16:057:09
713.16:057:09
813.16:047:10
913.16:037:10
1013.16:037:11
1113.26:027:11
1213.26:017:12
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1413.26:007:13
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1613.25:597:14
1713.35:597:15
1813.35:587:15
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2013.35:577:16
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2213.35:567:17
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2713.45:557:20
2813.45:547:20
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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 6.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.49 kWh/m² to a high of 6.78 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.39 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
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216.4Intense
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256.5Intense
266.5Intense
276.6Intense
286.6Intense
296.6Intense
306.6Intense
316.7Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ciudad Benito Juárez

In seasonPeak

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

Ciudad Benito Juárez's rainy season is concentrated in September.

Rainy season
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Is May a good time to visit Ciudad Benito Juárez?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ciudad Benito Juárez. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ciudad Benito Juárez in May

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

In May, Ciudad Benito Juárez sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Ciudad Benito Juárez 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 Ciudad Benito Juárez peaks around June 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 highHighJun 21UV 11Dec 19UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Ciudad Benito Juárez 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 Ciudad Benito Juárez is worst in May — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1919 µg/m³Oct 2113 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ciudad Benito Juárez?

Ciudad Benito Juárez sits at 25.6°N, 100.1°W, 389 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Jardines de la Silla, 10 km away.

Topography around Ciudad Benito Juárez

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad Benito Juárez has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 392 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,484 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,558 m.

The land around Ciudad Benito Juárez is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, trees (47%), artificial surfaces (24%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (53%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
1,484 m
80 km
3,558 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Jardines de la Silla 10 km · Cadereyta Jiménez 11 km · Cadereyta 13 km · Guadalupe 17 km · Ciudad Apodaca 18 km · Monterrey 23 km · San Nicolás de los Garza 24 km · Santiago 25 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 Ciudad Benito Juárez (25.6466°, -100.0914°, elevation 389 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).