Nuevo Casas Grandes weather in May

In May, Nuevo Casas Grandes sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 8 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 Nuevo Casas Grandes's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nuevo Casas Grandes's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 8 mm; 2.2 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 5:22 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 8.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

Nuevo Casas Grandes is municipal seat of Nuevo Casas Grandes, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Nuevo Casas Grandes reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	10
2	28	10
3	28	11
4	28	11
5	28	11
6	28	11
7	28	11
8	29	11
9	29	11
10	29	11
11	29	12
12	29	12
13	29	12
14	29	12
15	30	12
16	30	12
17	30	12
18	30	13
19	30	13
20	30	13
21	30	13
22	31	13
23	31	13
24	31	13
25	31	14
26	31	14
27	31	14
28	31	14
29	32	14
30	32	14
31	32	15

How May really feels in Nuevo Casas Grandes

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Nuevo Casas Grandes weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 1°	15	3.2	0.7	10.3	5.9
Feb	18° / 3°	12	2.7	0.4	10.9	7.1
Mar	21° / 5°	11	2.5	0.4	11.8	8.1
Apr	25° / 8°	6	1.5	0	12.7	8.7
May	30° / 12°	8	2.2	0	13.5	6.6
Jun	33° / 17°	16	3.8	0	13.9	4.1
Jul	31° / 19°	70	11.6	0	13.8	4.2
Aug	30° / 18°	52	10.5	0	13.1	5.0
Sep	29° / 15°	36	6.6	0	12.2	6.5
Oct	25° / 10°	18	3.6	0.1	11.3	8.4
Nov	20° / 5°	13	2.3	0.2	10.5	7.9
Dec	15° / 1°	19	3.4	0.8	10.1	5.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	85	85	86	87	87	87	86
Cloudier (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	86	14

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nuevo Casas Grandes gets around 8 mm of rain over 2.2 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 7% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	6
8	6
9	6
10	6
11	7
12	7
13	7
14	7
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	8
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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 5:34 AM to 5:15 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 7:03 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:21	5:20	5:20	5:19	5:19	5:18	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:15	5:15
Sunset (PM)	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:34	6:44
2	13.2	5:33	6:44
3	13.2	5:32	6:45
4	13.2	5:31	6:46
5	13.3	5:30	6:46
6	13.3	5:29	6:47
7	13.3	5:29	6:48
8	13.3	5:28	6:48
9	13.4	5:27	6:49
10	13.4	5:26	6:50
11	13.4	5:25	6:50
12	13.4	5:25	6:51
13	13.5	5:24	6:52
14	13.5	5:23	6:52
15	13.5	5:23	6:53
16	13.5	5:22	6:54
17	13.6	5:21	6:54
18	13.6	5:21	6:55
19	13.6	5:20	6:56
20	13.6	5:20	6:56
21	13.6	5:19	6:57
22	13.7	5:19	6:58
23	13.7	5:18	6:58
24	13.7	5:18	6:59
25	13.7	5:17	7:00
26	13.7	5:17	7:00
27	13.7	5:16	7:01
28	13.8	5:16	7:01
29	13.8	5:16	7:02
30	13.8	5:15	7:03
31	13.8	5:15	7:03

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 8.18 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.69 kWh/m² to a high of 8.18 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 8.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	8.0	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	8.0	Intense
2	8.1	Intense
3	8.1	Intense
4	8.1	Intense
5	8.1	Intense
6	8.1	Intense
7	8.1	Intense
8	8.1	Intense
9	8.1	Intense
10	8.1	Intense
11	8.1	Intense
12	8.1	Intense
13	8.1	Intense
14	8.1	Intense
15	8.2	Intense
16	8.2	Intense
17	8.2	Intense
18	8.2	Intense
19	8.2	Intense
20	8.2	Intense
21	8.2	Intense
22	8.2	Intense
23	8.2	Intense
24	8.2	Intense
25	8.2	Intense
26	8.2	Intense
27	8.2	Intense
28	8.2	Intense
29	8.2	Intense
30	8.2	Intense
31	8.2	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Nuevo Casas Grandes?

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

6.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

8.5

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Nuevo Casas Grandes in May

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

In May, Nuevo Casas Grandes sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 12°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Nuevo Casas Grandes 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 Nuevo Casas Grandes peaks around June 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	6	9	11	12	13	12	12	10	7	6	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	11	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Nuevo Casas Grandes?

Nuevo Casas Grandes sits at 30.4°N, 107.9°W, 1,455 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Madera, 138 km away.

Topography around Nuevo Casas Grandes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nuevo Casas Grandes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 1,457 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 711 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,504 m.

The land around Nuevo Casas Grandes is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and shrubs (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

19 m

artificial surfaces 41%

16 km

711 m

grassland 49%

80 km

1,504 m

grassland 39%

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← April Nuevo Casas Grandes year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Madera 138 km · Agua Prieta 185 km · Douglas 187 km · Sunland Park 199 km · Ciudad Juárez 200 km · El Paso 202 km · Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia 206 km · Socorro 206 km

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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Nuevo Casas Grandes (30.4155°, -107.9117°, elevation 1,455 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	10
2	28	10
3	28	11
4	28	11
5	28	11
6	28	11
7	28	11
8	29	11
9	29	11
10	29	11
11	29	12
12	29	12
13	29	12
14	29	12
15	30	12
16	30	12
17	30	12
18	30	13
19	30	13
20	30	13
21	30	13
22	31	13
23	31	13
24	31	13
25	31	14
26	31	14
27	31	14
28	31	14
29	32	14
30	32	14
31	32	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	6
8	6
9	6
10	6
11	7
12	7
13	7
14	7
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	8
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	10
2	28	10
3	28	11
4	28	11
5	28	11
6	28	11
7	28	11
8	29	11
9	29	11
10	29	11
11	29	12
12	29	12
13	29	12
14	29	12
15	30	12
16	30	12
17	30	12
18	30	13
19	30	13
20	30	13
21	30	13
22	31	13
23	31	13
24	31	13
25	31	14
26	31	14
27	31	14
28	31	14
29	32	14
30	32	14
31	32	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	6
8	6
9	6
10	6
11	7
12	7
13	7
14	7
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	8
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	10
2	28	10
3	28	11
4	28	11
5	28	11
6	28	11
7	28	11
8	29	11
9	29	11
10	29	11
11	29	12
12	29	12
13	29	12
14	29	12
15	30	12
16	30	12
17	30	12
18	30	13
19	30	13
20	30	13
21	30	13
22	31	13
23	31	13
24	31	13
25	31	14
26	31	14
27	31	14
28	31	14
29	32	14
30	32	14
31	32	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	6
8	6
9	6
10	6
11	7
12	7
13	7
14	7
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	8
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100