Average Rainfall in Mexico for May

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during May at cities in Mexico. Each place has a total for days of wet weather and for the amount of rain it gets on average this month.

The calculation of rainy days only includes days when rainfall totalled 0.004 inches (0.1 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages of weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

You can jump to a separate table for different regions of the country: Baja California, Northern Mexico, The Bajio, Central Mexico, Pacific Coast and Yucatán Peninsula.

Baja California

Rain totals here are for places in the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur in northwest Mexico.

Average monthly precipitation in May

Days	City	Inches	Milli­metres
0	Cabo San Lucas	0.0	0
0	La Paz	0.0	0
0	Mexicali	0.0	0
0	San Jose del Cabo	0.0	0
1	Tijuana	0.1	3

Northern Mexico

This section covers the states of Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Sinaloa and Sonora.

May averages for total rainfall

Days	City	Inches	Milli­metres
0	Culiacán	0.0	1
2	Durango	0.7	17
0	Hermosillo	0.1	3
7	Monterrey	3.0	75
5	Saltillo	1.3	32
3	Torreón	0.8	19

The Bajio

These cities are in Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí states.

Average amount of rain in May

Days	City	Inches	Milli­metres
4	Aguascalientes	0.8	19
7	Guanajuato City	1.8	45
5	León	1.0	25
7	Querétaro	1.7	43
7	San Luis Potosí	1.7	43

Central Mexico

Rainfall totals here are for places in the states of Distrito Federal, Puebla and Veracruz.

Precipitation totals for May

Days	City	Inches	Milli­metres
6	Mexico City	0.9	24
13	Puebla	3.4	87
4	Tampico	2.0	51
5	Veracruz	2.6	67

Pacific Coast

This list covers the states of Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit and Oaxaca

May rainfall averages

Days	City	Inches	Milli­metres
3	Acapulco	1.1	28
3	Guadalajara	0.9	23
2	Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo	0.8	20
7	Morelia	1.6	42
8	Oaxaca	3.2	81
2	Puerto Vallarta	0.7	18
1	San Blas	1.3	34
12	San Cristobal de las Casas	5.0	126
10	Taxco	3.4	87
8	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	3.2	82

Yucatán Peninsula

These cities are in the states of Quintana Roo, Tobasco and Yucatán.

Average total May precipitation

Days	City	Inches	Milli­metres
7	Cancun	3.5	89
5	Mérida	3.3	84
6	Tulum	3.8	97
6	Villahermosa	4.0	102