Ixmiquilpan weather in May

In May, Ixmiquilpan sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 49 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 Ixmiquilpan's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ixmiquilpan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
9th coldest
Rainfall
49 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:04 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
50%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Ixmiquilpan is human settlement in 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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Ixmiquilpan reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Ixmiquilpan weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 153.410.97.7
Feb23° / 163.511.38.2
Mar26° / 10°225.311.97.7
Apr28° / 13°36812.56.8
May28° / 14°4911.5136.4
Jun26° / 15°9914.713.25.9
Jul25° / 14°9815.913.15.9
Aug25° / 14°8414.712.76.0
Sep24° / 14°11316.512.15.7
Oct23° / 12°589.811.56.7
Nov22° / 10°204.6117.7
Dec22° / 71.710.88.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26436
36535
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76535
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ixmiquilpan gets around 49 mm of rain over 11.5 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 37% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3034
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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 51% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
167321
266331
365341
464351
562371
660382
758402
857412
956422
1055432
1154442
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1352453
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2147504
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2444524
2543534
2642544
2741554
2840564
2939574
3038575
3137585

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
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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 6:12 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.76:126:56
212.86:116:57
312.86:116:57
412.86:106:57
512.86:096:58
612.86:096:58
712.86:086:59
812.96:086:59
912.96:076:59
1012.96:077:00
1112.96:067:00
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1312.96:057:01
1412.96:057:01
1513.06:047:02
1613.06:047:02
1713.06:047:03
1813.06:037:03
1913.06:037:03
2013.06:037:04
2113.06:027:04
2213.06:027:05
2313.16:027:05
2413.16:017:06
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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 6.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.96 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.94 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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47.0Intense
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67.0Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ixmiquilpan

In seasonPeak

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

Ixmiquilpan'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 Ixmiquilpan?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ixmiquilpan in May

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

In May, Ixmiquilpan sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Ixmiquilpan 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 Ixmiquilpan peaks around June 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Ixmiquilpan 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 Ixmiquilpan is worst in December — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (September, 41 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyDec 2176 µg/m³Sep 1942 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan73Unhealthy
Feb70Unhealthy
Mar65Unhealthy
Apr61Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun45Poor
Jul54Poor
Aug46Poor
Sep41Poor
Oct43Poor
Nov59Unhealthy
Dec77Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ixmiquilpan?

Ixmiquilpan sits at 20.5°N, 99.2°W, 1,711 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Progreso de Alvaro Obregon, 26 km away.

Topography around Ixmiquilpan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ixmiquilpan has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m around an average of 1,719 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 984 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,016 m.

The land around Ixmiquilpan is covered by artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, shrubs (60%) within 16 km, and shrubs (45%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
250 m
16 km
984 m
80 km
3,016 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Progreso de Alvaro Obregon 26 km · Mixquiahuala de Juarez 28 km · Actopan 37 km · Tula de Allende 49 km · Zacualtipán 61 km · Tequixquiac 64 km · Pachuca de Soto 64 km · Tepeji del Río de Ocampo 65 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 Ixmiquilpan (20.4784°, -99.217°, elevation 1,711 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).