Perote weather in May

In May, Perote sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 113 mm of rain across 20.2 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 Perote's 7th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Perote's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 113 mm; 20.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:58 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 6.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Perote is municipal seat of Perote, State of Veracruz, Mexico.

Founded: 1525

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical May day in Perote reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
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25	21	12
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27	21	12
28	21	12
29	21	12
30	21	12
31	21	12

Perote weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 6°	24	6.5	11	5.8
Feb	18° / 7°	26	6.9	11.3	6.5
Mar	20° / 9°	53	12.6	11.9	6.2
Apr	21° / 11°	97	17.5	12.4	5.5
May	21° / 12°	113	20.2	12.9	5.0
Jun	20° / 12°	152	20.8	13.2	4.6
Jul	20° / 11°	100	16.1	13.1	5.2
Aug	20° / 11°	129	19.2	12.7	4.9
Sep	19° / 11°	194	22	12.1	4.2
Oct	18° / 10°	134	16.1	11.5	5.0
Nov	17° / 8°	55	10.2	11.1	5.6
Dec	17° / 7°	21	5.9	10.8	5.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	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 (%)	59	58	58	56	56	55	53	53	52	50	49	49	49	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	49	49	48	48	48	47	46	45	44	43
Cloudier (%)	41	42	42	44	44	45	47	47	48	50	51	51	51	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	51	51	52	52	52	53	54	55	56	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	55	45
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	46	54
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	43	57

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Perote gets around 113 mm of rain over 20.2 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 65% and peaks near 67% 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 (%)	63	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	63
2	64
3	64
4	64
5	64
6	64
7	65
8	65
9	65
10	65
11	66
12	66
13	66
14	66
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	66
19	66
20	66
21	66
22	65
23	65
24	65
25	65
26	65
27	65
28	66
29	66
30	67
31	67

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 86% 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 (%)	96	95	95	94	93	93	92	91	90	90	89	89	88	87	87	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	80	79	78	76	75
Comfortable (%)	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	24	25

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	94	6
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	78	22
30	76	24
31	75	25

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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31	6	calm

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 6:05 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:59 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)	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54
Sunset (PM)	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	6:05	6:47
2	12.7	6:04	6:48
3	12.7	6:04	6:48
4	12.8	6:03	6:48
5	12.8	6:03	6:49
6	12.8	6:02	6:49
7	12.8	6:02	6:49
8	12.8	6:01	6:50
9	12.8	6:01	6:50
10	12.8	6:00	6:51
11	12.9	6:00	6:51
12	12.9	5:59	6:51
13	12.9	5:59	6:52
14	12.9	5:58	6:52
15	12.9	5:58	6:52
16	12.9	5:58	6:53
17	12.9	5:57	6:53
18	12.9	5:57	6:54
19	13.0	5:56	6:54
20	13.0	5:56	6:54
21	13.0	5:56	6:55
22	13.0	5:56	6:55
23	13.0	5:55	6:56
24	13.0	5:55	6:56
25	13.0	5:55	6:56
26	13.0	5:55	6:57
27	13.0	5:54	6:57
28	13.1	5:54	6:58
29	13.1	5:54	6:58
30	13.1	5:54	6:58
31	13.1	5:54	6:59

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.3 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.12 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 6.3 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)	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2
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	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Perote

In seasonPeak

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

Perote's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Perote?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

3.0

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Perote for sightseeing.

What to pack for Perote in May

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

In May, Perote sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

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UV index in Perote in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Perote peaks around April 12 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	11	13	15	9	14	13	14	13	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Perote 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 Perote is worst in May — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (October, 38 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	53	54	56	63	69	48	41	38	39	38	49	59
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	53	Poor
Feb	54	Poor
Mar	56	Unhealthy
Apr	63	Unhealthy
May	69	Unhealthy
Jun	48	Poor
Jul	41	Poor
Aug	38	Poor
Sep	39	Poor
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	49	Poor
Dec	59	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Perote?

Perote sits at 19.6°N, 97.2°W, 2,416 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Altotonga, 23 km away.

Topography around Perote

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Perote has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 355 m around an average of 2,442 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,643 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,558 m.

The land around Perote is covered by grassland (35%), artificial surfaces (22%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (29%), trees (28%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

355 m

grassland 35%

16 km

2,643 m

grassland 29%

80 km

5,558 m

trees 58%

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← April Perote year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Altotonga 23 km · Xico 29 km · Teziutlan 31 km · Coatepec 32 km · Banderilla 32 km · Xalapa de Enríquez 34 km · Zaragoza 40 km · Tlapacoyan 45 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

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 Perote (19.5623°, -97.2424°, elevation 2,416 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	55	45
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	46	54
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	63
2	64
3	64
4	64
5	64
6	64
7	65
8	65
9	65
10	65
11	66
12	66
13	66
14	66
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	66
19	66
20	66
21	66
22	65
23	65
24	65
25	65
26	65
27	65
28	66
29	66
30	67
31	67

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	94	6
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	78	22
30	76	24
31	75	25

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	55	45
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	46	54
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	63
2	64
3	64
4	64
5	64
6	64
7	65
8	65
9	65
10	65
11	66
12	66
13	66
14	66
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	66
19	66
20	66
21	66
22	65
23	65
24	65
25	65
26	65
27	65
28	66
29	66
30	67
31	67

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	94	6
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	78	22
30	76	24
31	75	25

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	55	45
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	46	54
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	63
2	64
3	64
4	64
5	64
6	64
7	65
8	65
9	65
10	65
11	66
12	66
13	66
14	66
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	66
19	66
20	66
21	66
22	65
23	65
24	65
25	65
26	65
27	65
28	66
29	66
30	67
31	67

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	94	6
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	78	22
30	76	24
31	75	25