Navolato weather in May

In May, Navolato sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of May to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Navolato's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Navolato's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
7th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:31 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
21%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Navolato is municipal seat of Navolato, State of Sinaloa, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Navolato 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 30°C and 34°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 Navolato

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.

Navolato weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 14°131.610.68.4
Feb26° / 14°131.511.18.3
Mar28° / 15°20.411.88.0
Apr30° / 17°10.212.66.7
May32° / 20°10.213.25.5
Jun33° / 25°121.813.54.3
Jul34° / 26°9712.313.42.8
Aug34° / 26°14817.712.92.6
Sep33° / 26°15716.412.23.0
Oct33° / 23°384.211.44.4
Nov30° / 19°372.110.86.3
Dec26° / 15°161.610.58.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17822
27822
37921
47921
58020
68020
78119
88119
98317
108317
118416
128515
138614
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219010
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23919
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25928
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27928
28928
29937
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31937

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Navolato gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 wet days in May, the driest month. 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 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
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31
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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 45% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 63% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1218463130
2217453230
3216453340
4215453440
5114443550
6113443660
7112443760
8111433870
9110423980
1019414090
11193941100
12183842110
13173644120
14163545130
15063347140
16053149150
17053050150
18042852160
19042653170
20032454190
21032255200
22032055220
23031855240
24021656260
25021553291
26021352321
27021250351
28011049381
2901947412
3001844452
3101742482

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of May to 13 h 24 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 5:41 AM to 5:26 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:416:35
212.95:406:36
313.05:396:36
413.05:386:37
513.05:386:37
613.05:376:38
713.05:366:38
813.15:366:39
913.15:356:39
1013.15:346:40
1113.15:346:40
1213.15:336:41
1313.15:336:41
1413.25:326:42
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2013.35:296:45
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2513.35:276:48
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2713.45:276:49
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2913.45:266:50
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3113.45:266:51

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.85 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 7.85 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.7Intense
27.7Intense
37.8Intense
47.8Intense
57.8Intense
67.8Intense
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317.7Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Navolato

In seasonPeak

In May, Navolato sits inside its pacific hurricane season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Navolato sits in the eastern Pacific hurricane zone; the season peaks August–September.

Navolato's rainy season runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Navolato?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Navolato in May

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

In May, Navolato sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Navolato in May

The nearest coast averages about 25°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 24 km away) is warmest in August at about 30°C and coldest in February near 21°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan21Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar21Refreshing
Apr22Refreshing
May25Warm
Jun28Warm
Jul29Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov26Warm
Dec23Refreshing

UV index in Navolato 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 Navolato peaks around July 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 17UV 12Dec 22UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5High
Location & terrain

Where is Navolato?

Navolato sits at 24.8°N, 107.7°W, 17 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Licenciado Benito Juárez, 20 km away.

Topography around Navolato

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Navolato has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,849 m.

The land around Navolato is covered by cropland (60%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (77%) within 16 km, and water (32%), trees (30%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
1,849 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
May weather nearby: Licenciado Benito Juárez 20 km · Culiacán 31 km · Costa Rica 37 km · Guamúchil 86 km · Guasave 118 km · La Cruz 124 km · Gabriel Leyva Solano 137 km · Juan José Ríos 158 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 Navolato (24.7668°, -107.6977°, elevation 17 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).