Palenque Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 37°C on May 1 to 34°C on May 31, and lows from 24°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 130 mm over about 16 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: 36°C
Average low: 24°C
Precipitation: 130 mm
Reanalysis high: 45°CMay 13, 1998
Reanalysis low: 19°CMay 2, 1992
Daylight: 12 h 46 min to 13 h 06 min
Cloud cover: 56%
Humidity: 63%
Dew point: 20°C
Wind: 10.1 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	37°C	24°C	42°C 2010	21°C 2015	30%
May 2	37°C	24°C	42°C 2010	19°C 1992	30%
May 3	37°C	24°C	42°C 1999	19°C 1992	31%
May 4	37°C	24°C	43°C 1999	20°C 2013	32%
May 5	37°C	24°C	43°C 1999	20°C 2013	32%
May 6	37°C	24°C	45°C 1998	20°C 2017	34%
May 7	36°C	24°C	44°C 1998	19°C 2016	35%
May 8	36°C	24°C	43°C 1998	19°C 1992	36%
May 9	36°C	24°C	45°C 1998	19°C 1992	37%
May 10	36°C	24°C	42°C 2006	21°C 2001	39%
May 11	36°C	24°C	41°C 1999	21°C 1992	40%
May 12	36°C	24°C	44°C 1998	21°C 1993	40%
May 13	36°C	24°C	45°C 1998	21°C 1993	40%
May 14	36°C	24°C	43°C 1998	21°C 2001	41%
May 15	36°C	24°C	41°C 1999	21°C 2014	43%
May 16	36°C	24°C	41°C 2003	20°C 2014	44%
May 17	36°C	24°C	41°C 1995	19°C 2014	46%
May 18	36°C	24°C	42°C 1995	19°C 2006	48%
May 19	36°C	24°C	42°C 2011	20°C 2006	49%
May 20	35°C	24°C	42°C 2011	21°C 2009	50%
May 21	35°C	24°C	40°C 2011	21°C 2002	50%
May 22	35°C	24°C	41°C 2019	21°C 2004	51%
May 23	35°C	24°C	40°C 2008	21°C 2004	52%
May 24	35°C	24°C	41°C 2011	22°C 2004	55%
May 25	35°C	24°C	41°C 2011	21°C 2004	57%
May 26	35°C	24°C	41°C 2009	21°C 2015	59%
May 27	35°C	24°C	42°C 2009	22°C 2015	61%
May 28	34°C	24°C	41°C 2009	22°C 2000	64%
May 29	34°C	24°C	41°C 2011	22°C 2000	66%
May 30	34°C	24°C	40°C 1999	22°C 2000	67%
May 31	34°C	24°C	40°C 1999	21°C 1993	69%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

May 1: sunrise 5:42 AM, sunset 6:28 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:33 AM, sunset 6:39 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.