Santa Isabel weather in May

In May, Santa Isabel sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Santa Isabel's 4th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Isabel's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
8th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
4:48 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
17%
4th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
8.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Santa Isabel is Baja California.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical May day in Santa Isabel reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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73518
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303720
313821

How May really feels in Santa Isabel

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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
31
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.

Santa Isabel weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 91.710.18.4
Feb24° / 10°12210.88.7
Mar28° / 12°81.111.87.9
Apr31° / 15°30.512.85.8
May36° / 19°10.213.73.1
Jun40° / 23°0014.10.4
Jul43° / 27°51.513.90.0
Aug42° / 28°92.513.20.0
Sep39° / 24°91.412.20.8
Oct33° / 18°50.711.24.8
Nov26° / 12°40.610.38.6
Dec21° / 91.59.98.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
19010
2919
3919
4919
5919
6919
7919
8919
9919
10919
119010
129010
139010
14919
15928
16928
17928
18928
19928
20928
21919
22919
23919
24928
25928
26928
27928
28919
29919
30928
31928

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Santa Isabel gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
20
30
41
51
61
71
81
91
101
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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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
39910
49910
59910
69910
79910
89910
99910
109910
119910
129910
139910
149910
159910
169910
179820
189820
199820
209820
219730
229730
239730
249730
259640
269640
279640
289640
299640
309541
319541

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
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259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:01 AM to 4:41 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:016:18
213.35:006:18
313.34:596:19
413.44:586:20
513.44:576:21
613.44:576:21
713.44:566:22
813.54:556:23
913.54:546:24
1013.54:536:24
1113.54:526:25
1213.64:516:26
1313.64:516:26
1413.64:506:27
1513.64:496:28
1613.74:486:29
1713.74:486:29
1813.74:476:30
1913.74:466:31
2013.84:466:32
2113.84:456:32
2213.84:456:33
2313.84:446:34
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2513.94:436:35
2613.94:436:36
2713.94:426:36
2813.94:426:37
2913.94:416:37
3014.04:416:38
3114.04:416:39

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 8.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.33 kWh/m² to a high of 8.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 8.26 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.0Intense
28.0Intense
38.0Intense
48.1Intense
58.1Intense
68.1Intense
78.1Intense
88.1Intense
98.1Intense
108.2Intense
118.2Intense
128.2Intense
138.2Intense
148.2Intense
158.3Intense
168.3Intense
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248.4Intense
258.4Intense
268.4Intense
278.4Intense
288.4Intense
298.5Intense
308.5Intense
318.5Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Santa Isabel?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Santa Isabel. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Santa Isabel in May

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

In May, Santa Isabel sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Santa Isabel in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santa Isabel peaks around June 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 11Dec 18UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Isabel?

Santa Isabel sits at 32.6°N, 115.6°W, -8 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Calexico, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Santa Isabel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Isabel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 0 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 788 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,962 m.

The land around Santa Isabel is covered by bare terrain (56%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (48%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (53%), shrubs (20%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
8 m
16 km
788 m
80 km
1,962 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Calexico 9.0 km · Mexicali 11 km · El Centro 18 km · Puebla 22 km · Imperial 24 km · Brawley 39 km · Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria 58 km · San Luis 76 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 Santa Isabel (32.6307°, -115.5704°, elevation -8 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).