Cancún Weather in May
Average highs run from 30°C on May 1 to 30°C on May 31, and lows from 25°C to 26°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 90 mm over about 12 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
- 30°C
- Average low
- 25°C
- Precipitation
- 90 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 34°CMay 11, 1998
- Reanalysis low
- 20°CMay 5, 2013
- Daylight
- 12 h 56 min to 13 h 20 min
- Cloud cover
- 44%
- Humidity
- 74%
- Dew point
- 22°C
- Wind
- 11.9 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 | 25°C | 32°C 1994 | 21°C 1992 | 19% |
| May 2 | 30°C | 25°C | 32°C 1995 | 22°C 1992 | 20% |
| May 3 | 30°C | 25°C | 32°C 2020 | 22°C 1992 | 20% |
| May 4 | 30°C | 25°C | 32°C 2016 | 22°C 2013 | 21% |
| May 5 | 30°C | 25°C | 32°C 1995 | 20°C 2013 | 20% |
| May 6 | 30°C | 25°C | 32°C 2020 | 21°C 2017 | 21% |
| May 7 | 30°C | 25°C | 32°C 1994 | 22°C 1992 | 22% |
| May 8 | 30°C | 25°C | 32°C 1994 | 21°C 1992 | 23% |
| May 9 | 30°C | 25°C | 32°C 1994 | 22°C 1992 | 24% |
| May 10 | 30°C | 25°C | 32°C 1998 | 22°C 2007 | 25% |
| May 11 | 30°C | 25°C | 34°C 1998 | 23°C 2007 | 28% |
| May 12 | 30°C | 25°C | 33°C 1998 | 24°C 1996 | 29% |
| May 13 | 30°C | 25°C | 32°C 2019 | 24°C 2007 | 31% |
| May 14 | 30°C | 25°C | 32°C 2011 | 23°C 1992 | 33% |
| May 15 | 31°C | 25°C | 33°C 2011 | 24°C 1993 | 36% |
| May 16 | 31°C | 26°C | 32°C 2006 | 24°C 2014 | 38% |
| May 17 | 31°C | 26°C | 32°C 2008 | 23°C 2006 | 40% |
| May 18 | 31°C | 26°C | 32°C 2011 | 22°C 2006 | 42% |
| May 19 | 31°C | 26°C | 33°C 1993 | 23°C 2006 | 44% |
| May 20 | 30°C | 26°C | 33°C 1995 | 23°C 2006 | 46% |
| May 21 | 30°C | 26°C | 33°C 1995 | 22°C 2009 | 47% |
| May 22 | 30°C | 26°C | 33°C 1995 | 23°C 2009 | 48% |
| May 23 | 30°C | 26°C | 32°C 2003 | 24°C 1996 | 49% |
| May 24 | 30°C | 26°C | 32°C 1995 | 23°C 1992 | 51% |
| May 25 | 30°C | 26°C | 32°C 2005 | 23°C 1992 | 53% |
| May 26 | 30°C | 26°C | 32°C 2005 | 23°C 1992 | 54% |
| May 27 | 30°C | 26°C | 32°C 2011 | 24°C 2018 | 55% |
| May 28 | 30°C | 26°C | 32°C 1999 | 24°C 2010 | 56% |
| May 29 | 30°C | 26°C | 33°C 1999 | 24°C 1993 | 57% |
| May 30 | 30°C | 26°C | 32°C 1999 | 25°C 1996 | 57% |
| May 31 | 30°C | 26°C | 31°C 2016 | 24°C 2006 | 57% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:17 AM, sunset 7:13 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:05 AM, sunset 7:25 PM
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.