Lázaro Cárdenas weather in May

In May, Lázaro Cárdenas sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lázaro Cárdenas's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lázaro Cárdenas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
7th warmest
Overnight low
14°
6th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
4:54 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
32%
8th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.9
out of 10

Lázaro Cárdenas is town in San Quintín Municipality, State of Baja California, 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 19°C through the month.

A typical May day in Lázaro Cárdenas reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C cooler than June.

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Lázaro Cárdenas weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 12°323.510.26.6
Feb17° / 12°394.410.96.3
Mar17° / 13°273.111.86.8
Apr18° / 13°61.412.77.6
May19° / 14°20.413.57.9
Jun20° / 16°10.213.98.3
Jul22° / 18°10.213.88.8
Aug23° / 19°20.213.19.2
Sep24° / 19°40.512.29.3
Oct22° / 17°110.911.38.7
Nov19° / 15°111.810.57.9
Dec17° / 12°273.310.16.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 15%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lázaro Cárdenas gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.4 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 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in May

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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 60% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 20 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:06 AM to 4:47 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 7.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.72 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Lázaro Cárdenas?

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

7.9
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Lázaro Cárdenas for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Lázaro Cárdenas in May

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

In May, Lázaro Cárdenas sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

sun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Lázaro Cárdenas in May

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 18 km away) is warmest in September at about 20°C and coldest in March near 15°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
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Mar15Cool
Apr15Cool
May16Cool
Jun17Cool
Jul19Cool
Aug20Cool
Sep20Cool
Oct19Cool
Nov18Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index in Lázaro Cárdenas in May

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Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lázaro Cárdenas peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 4 (moderate).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
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Apr9Very high
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lázaro Cárdenas?

Lázaro Cárdenas sits at 30.5°N, 115.9°W, 50 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Felipe, 118 km away.

Ciudad Guadalupe VictoriaRosaritoLas DeliciasVilla del Prado 2da SecciónPuebla

Topography around Lázaro Cárdenas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lázaro Cárdenas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 525 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,027 m.

The land around Lázaro Cárdenas is covered by cropland (34%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (45%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (59%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

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May weather nearby: San Felipe 118 km · Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada 146 km · Ensenada 163 km · Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria 211 km · Rosarito 230 km · Las Delicias 230 km · Villa del Prado 2da Sección 233 km · Puebla 233 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 Lázaro Cárdenas (30.5266°, -115.9314°, elevation 50 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).