Xonacatlán weather in May

In May, Xonacatlán sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 91 mm of rain across 13.8 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 Xonacatlán's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Xonacatlán's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 91 mm; 13.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 6:07 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Xonacatlán is municipal seat of Xonacatlán, State of Mexico, 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical May day in Xonacatlán reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer 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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10

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

Xonacatlán weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 3°	19	4	11	7.2
Feb	20° / 4°	17	4.1	11.3	7.6
Mar	22° / 6°	24	5.8	11.9	7.7
Apr	23° / 7°	44	8.8	12.4	7.2
May	23° / 9°	91	13.8	12.9	6.3
Jun	22° / 10°	211	19	13.1	5.0
Jul	20° / 10°	238	25.9	13.1	4.0
Aug	20° / 10°	230	24.6	12.7	4.1
Sep	20° / 10°	214	21.8	12.1	4.4
Oct	19° / 8°	97	13.5	11.6	5.6
Nov	19° / 6°	29	5.5	11.1	6.9
Dec	19° / 4°	13	2.5	10.9	7.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Xonacatlán gets around 91 mm of rain over 13.8 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 44% and peaks near 48% 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 (%)	38	39	40	42	43	45	46	47	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	46	45	44	44	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	44	44	45	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	39
3	40
4	42
5	43
6	45
7	46
8	47
9	48
10	48
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	47
15	47
16	46
17	45
18	44
19	44
20	43
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	43
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	46

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 6 km/h in May.

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
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
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26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
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 6:14 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:08 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	12.7	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	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03
Sunset (PM)	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	6:14	6:56
2	12.7	6:14	6:57
3	12.7	6:13	6:57
4	12.7	6:13	6:57
5	12.8	6:12	6:58
6	12.8	6:12	6:58
7	12.8	6:11	6:58
8	12.8	6:10	6:59
9	12.8	6:10	6:59
10	12.8	6:09	6:59
11	12.8	6:09	7:00
12	12.9	6:09	7:00
13	12.9	6:08	7:01
14	12.9	6:08	7:01
15	12.9	6:07	7:01
16	12.9	6:07	7:02
17	12.9	6:07	7:02
18	12.9	6:06	7:03
19	13.0	6:06	7:03
20	13.0	6:06	7:03
21	13.0	6:05	7:04
22	13.0	6:05	7:04
23	13.0	6:05	7:05
24	13.0	6:04	7:05
25	13.0	6:04	7:05
26	13.0	6:04	7:06
27	13.0	6:04	7:06
28	13.0	6:04	7:07
29	13.1	6:04	7:07
30	13.1	6:03	7:07
31	13.1	6:03	7:08

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.78 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)	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5
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	7.0	Intense
2	7.0	Intense
3	6.9	Intense
4	6.9	Intense
5	6.9	Intense
6	6.9	Intense
7	6.9	Intense
8	6.8	Intense
9	6.8	Intense
10	6.8	Intense
11	6.8	Intense
12	6.8	Intense
13	6.8	Intense
14	6.8	Intense
15	6.8	Intense
16	6.8	Intense
17	6.8	Intense
18	6.8	Intense
19	6.8	Intense
20	6.8	Intense
21	6.8	Intense
22	6.7	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.7	Intense
27	6.7	Intense
28	6.6	Intense
29	6.6	Intense
30	6.6	Intense
31	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Xonacatlán

In seasonPeak

None of Xonacatlán's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Xonacatlán's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Xonacatlán?

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

6.3

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Xonacatlán for sightseeing.

What to pack for Xonacatlán in May

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

In May, Xonacatlán sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Xonacatlán in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Xonacatlán peaks around March 24 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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	14	14	13	15	12	14	11	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	15	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Xonacatlán 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 Xonacatlán is worst in December — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	67	62	55	52	57	59	69	65	70	66	77	79
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	67	Unhealthy
Feb	62	Unhealthy
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	52	Poor
May	57	Unhealthy
Jun	59	Unhealthy
Jul	69	Unhealthy
Aug	65	Unhealthy
Sep	70	Unhealthy
Oct	66	Unhealthy
Nov	77	Unhealthy
Dec	79	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Xonacatlán?

Xonacatlán sits at 19.4°N, 99.5°W, 2,585 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San José Guadalupe Otzacatipan, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Xonacatlán

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Xonacatlán has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 2,581 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,205 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,666 m.

The land around Xonacatlán is covered by cropland (59%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (36%), cropland (27%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

128 m

cropland 59%

16 km

1,205 m

trees 36%

80 km

3,666 m

trees 39%

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

May weather nearby: San José Guadalupe Otzacatipan 9.0 km · San Andrés Cuexcontitlán 11 km · San Mateo Otzacatipan 11 km · San Pedro Totoltepec 11 km · Santa María Totoltepec 13 km · Lerma de Villada 13 km · San Pablo Autopan 15 km · San Jerónimo 15 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 Xonacatlán (19.4051°, -99.5281°, elevation 2,585 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	23	8
2	23	8
3	23	8
4	23	8
5	23	8
6	23	8
7	23	8
8	23	8
9	23	8
10	23	8
11	23	9
12	23	9
13	23	9
14	23	9
15	23	9
16	23	9
17	23	9
18	23	9
19	23	9
20	23	9
21	23	9
22	23	9
23	23	9
24	23	9
25	23	9
26	23	9
27	23	9
28	23	9
29	23	9
30	23	9
31	23	10

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	39
3	40
4	42
5	43
6	45
7	46
8	47
9	48
10	48
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	47
15	47
16	46
17	45
18	44
19	44
20	43
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	43
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	46

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	39
3	40
4	42
5	43
6	45
7	46
8	47
9	48
10	48
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	47
15	47
16	46
17	45
18	44
19	44
20	43
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	43
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	46

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	39
3	40
4	42
5	43
6	45
7	46
8	47
9	48
10	48
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	47
15	47
16	46
17	45
18	44
19	44
20	43
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	43
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	46

	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