Vera Cruz Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Vera Cruz, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 30°C on May 1 to 29°C on May 31, and lows from 19°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 42 mm over about 10 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 29°C
Average low: 18°C
Precipitation: 42 mm
Reanalysis high: 36°CMay 16, 2017
Reanalysis low: 13°CMay 20, 2006
Daylight: 11 h 39 min to 11 h 26 min
Cloud cover: 58%
Humidity: 74%
Dew point: 17°C
Wind: 5.0 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	30°C	19°C	35°C 1998	17°C 2014	41%
May 2	30°C	19°C	34°C 2003	17°C 1994	40%
May 3	30°C	19°C	33°C 2003	18°C 2004	38%
May 4	30°C	19°C	33°C 1998	17°C 2007	37%
May 5	30°C	19°C	34°C 1998	16°C 2007	35%
May 6	30°C	19°C	34°C 2001	16°C 2008	34%
May 7	30°C	19°C	34°C 2001	16°C 1996	34%
May 8	29°C	19°C	33°C 2001	17°C 1997	33%
May 9	29°C	18°C	33°C 2001	16°C 1996	33%
May 10	29°C	18°C	32°C 2001	16°C 2018	31%
May 11	29°C	18°C	33°C 2016	15°C 1998	30%
May 12	29°C	18°C	33°C 2001	16°C 2007	29%
May 13	29°C	18°C	33°C 2012	16°C 2000	28%
May 14	29°C	18°C	33°C 1993	16°C 1991	28%
May 15	29°C	18°C	34°C 2017	16°C 1998	29%
May 16	29°C	18°C	36°C 2017	15°C 1998	29%
May 17	29°C	18°C	34°C 1996	15°C 1992	31%
May 18	29°C	18°C	34°C 2001	15°C 2006	31%
May 19	29°C	18°C	33°C 1992	15°C 2006	32%
May 20	29°C	18°C	33°C 2018	13°C 2006	33%
May 21	29°C	18°C	32°C 2002	15°C 2006	33%
May 22	29°C	18°C	32°C 2013	15°C 2006	32%
May 23	29°C	18°C	33°C 2016	15°C 1992	31%
May 24	29°C	18°C	34°C 2013	15°C 1992	30%
May 25	29°C	18°C	34°C 2003	16°C 2009	30%
May 26	29°C	18°C	32°C 2005	14°C 1997	31%
May 27	29°C	18°C	33°C 1998	15°C 2011	30%
May 28	29°C	18°C	33°C 1998	14°C 2002	31%
May 29	29°C	18°C	32°C 2013	15°C 2017	32%
May 30	29°C	18°C	32°C 1998	15°C 2020	33%
May 31	29°C	18°C	34°C 1998	14°C 2020	33%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

May 1: sunrise 5:52 AM, sunset 5:31 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:59 AM, sunset 5:25 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.