Your holiday weather, at a glance

Mexico in May: where is it warmest?

In May, Mexicali is the warmest place with 36 °C by day, Ensenada the coolest with 19 °C. 20 of 25 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in May, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Mexicali	50	36°	–	12 h	0
Mérida	42	36°	–	9 h	7
Culiacán	51	35°	–	11 h	0
Chichen Itza	39	35°	–	8 h	7
Guadalajara	64	33°	–	9 h	4
La Paz, Mexico	68	32°	24°	11 h	0
Acapulco de Juárez	60	32°	29°	9 h	7
Veracruz	55	32°	28°	8 h	9
Cabo San Lucas	92	31°	22°	10 h	0
Mazatlán	76	31°	26°	11 h	0
Monterrey	62	31°	–	7 h	7
Zihuatanejo	100	30°	28°	9 h	4
Tulum	85	30°	28°	8 h	13
Playa del Carmen	84	30°	28°	8 h	13
San Miguel de Allende	75	30°	–	8 h	7
Puerto Vallarta	100	29°	26°	9 h	1
Cancún	86	29°	28°	8 h	12
Isla Mujeres	86	29°	28°	8 h	12
Oaxaca de Juárez	75	29°	–	7 h	7
Guanajuato	60	29°	–	8 h	8
Teotihuacan	76	26°	–	5 h	6
Mexico City	81	25°	–	5 h	6
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza	65	25°	–	6 h	15
Tijuana	100	19°	–	10 h	2
Ensenada	100	19°	17°	10 h	2

Mexico in May: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in May are Mexicali (36 °C), Mérida (36 °C) and Culiacán (35 °C).

Mexico in May: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Acapulco de Juárez (29 °C), Veracruz (28 °C) and Zihuatanejo (28 °C).

Mexico in May: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in May – warm, sunny and dry – is in Zihuatanejo, Puerto Vallarta and Tijuana.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences