May Temperature & Rainfall Averages for Cities in Central America

The tables below give the typical May temperatures and rainfall for major cities in Central America.

There's information on the maximum and minimum average daily temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius. Each city also has totals for how much precipitation and how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month.

The cities included here are Central America's national capitals plus metropolitan areas with a population of over one million people. The weather averages are based on historical climate data collected over long periods of time.

Temperature

Average May temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
93 71 Belmopan, Belize 34 22
81 61 Guatemala City, Guatemala 27 16
93 74 Managua, Nicaragua 34 23
94 70 Panama City, Panama 35 21
79 65 San José, Costa Rica 26 18
95 75 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 35 24
87 68 San Salvador, El Salvador 31 20
86 65 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 30 18

Rainfall

May total precipitation averages
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
8 Belmopan, Belize 3.3 85
11 Guatemala City, Guatemala 4.6 117
8 Managua, Nicaragua 5.2 131
15 Panama City, Panama 8.9 225
20 San José, Costa Rica 9.3 237
4 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 2.5 63
San Salvador, El Salvador 6.0 152
9 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 5.6 144
Reference

The weather data are provided by national meteorological agencies.

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