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May Weather at Benito Juárez International Airport Mexico

Daily high temperatures are around 79°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 86°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 80°F on May 10.

Daily low temperatures are around 56°F, rarely falling below 50°F or exceeding 60°F.

For reference, on May 9, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Benito Juárez International Airport typically range from 55°F to 80°F, while on January 13, the coldest day of the year, they range from 43°F to 71°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Average High and Low Temperature in May at Benito Juárez International AirportMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313145°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°F85°F85°FAprJunMay 980°FMay 980°F55°F55°FMay 180°FMay 180°F55°F55°FMay 3179°FMay 3179°F56°F56°FMay 2179°FMay 2179°F56°F56°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on May. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in May at Benito Juárez International AirportMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMAprJuncoldcoolcoolcomfortablewarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Cochabamba, Bolivia (3,390 miles away); Mbeya, Tanzania (9,195 miles); and Adi Keyh, Eritrea (8,760 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Benito Juárez International Airport (view comparison).

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The month of May at Benito Juárez International Airport experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 46% to 62%.

The clearest day of the month is May 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 54% of the time.

For reference, on September 11, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 89%, while on February 24, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 68%.

Cloud Cover Categories in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in May at Benito Juárez International AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJunMay 154%May 154%May 3138%May 3138%May 1151%May 1151%May 2145%May 2145%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Benito Juárez International Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 20% and ending it at 46%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 79% on July 4, and its lowest chance is 2% on December 7.

Probability of Precipitation in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Probability of Precipitation in May at Benito Juárez International AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%AprJunMay 120%May 120%May 3146%May 3146%May 1126%May 1126%May 2135%May 2135%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during May at Benito Juárez International Airport is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 0.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.9 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 3.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.9 inches or falls below 1.2 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of May at Benito Juárez International Airport, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 22 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 43 seconds, and weekly increase of 5 minutes, 3 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 12 hours, 52 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 13 hours, 14 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in May at Benito Juárez International AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrAprJunnightnightdaydayMay 112 hr, 52 minMay 112 hr, 52 minMay 3113 hr, 14 minMay 3113 hr, 14 minMay 1613 hr, 4 minMay 1613 hr, 4 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the month at Benito Juárez International Airport is 6:07 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 10 minutes earlier at 5:57 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:59 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 12 minutes later at 7:10 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Benito Juárez International Airport during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:58 AM and sets 13 hours, 18 minutes later, at 7:17 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:05 AM and sets 10 hours, 58 minutes later, at 6:03 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in May at Benito Juárez International AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031312 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMAprJun5:57 AM5:57 AMMay 317:10 PMMay 317:10 PM6:07 AM6:07 AMMay 16:59 PMMay 16:59 PM6:02 AM6:02 AMMay 117:03 PMMay 117:03 PM5:59 AM5:59 AMMay 217:07 PMMay 217:07 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day over the course of May. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May at Benito Juárez International AirportMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMAprJun00101020202030304040505050606070708080000101020203030304040505060606070708080
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of May 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for May 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May at Benito Juárez International AirportMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMAprJunApr 812:22 PMApr 812:22 PMApr 235:50 PMApr 235:50 PMMay 79:23 PMMay 79:23 PMMay 237:54 AMMay 237:54 AMJun 66:38 AMJun 66:38 AMJun 217:09 PMJun 217:09 PM6:16 AM6:16 AM7:05 PM7:05 PM6:55 PM6:55 PM6:29 AM6:29 AM5:30 AM5:30 AM6:52 PM6:52 PM6:36 PM6:36 PM5:48 AM5:48 AM5:49 AM5:49 AM7:47 PM7:47 PM7:23 PM7:23 PM6:21 AM6:21 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
May 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
50%1:23 AMESE12:44 PMWSW-7:04 AMS232,003 mi
2
38%2:08 AMESE1:45 PMWSW-7:57 AMS229,692 mi
3
26%2:50 AMESE2:46 PMW-8:48 AMS227,732 mi
4
16%3:29 AME3:46 PMW-9:37 AMS226,330 mi
5
8%4:08 AME4:46 PMW-10:26 AMS225,684 mi
6
3%4:48 AME5:48 PMWNW-11:16 AMS225,946 mi
7
0%5:30 AMENE6:52 PMWNW-12:09 PMS227,181 mi
8
1%6:17 AMENE7:57 PMWNW-1:04 PMN229,344 mi
9
4%7:08 AMENE9:02 PMWNW-2:03 PMN232,274 mi
10
10%8:03 AMENE10:04 PMWNW-3:03 PMN235,713 mi
11
17%9:02 AMENE11:01 PMWNW-4:02 PMN239,350 mi
12
26%10:01 AMENE11:52 PMWNW-4:58 PMN242,869 mi
13
36%10:59 AMENE--5:49 PMN245,993 mi
14
46%-12:36 AMWNW11:54 AMENE6:36 PMS248,511 mi
15
50%-1:14 AMWNW12:46 PMENE7:19 PMS250,283 mi
16
65%-1:49 AMWNW1:35 PME7:59 PMS251,243 mi
17
74%-2:21 AMW2:23 PME8:38 PMS251,394 mi
18
82%-2:51 AMW3:10 PME9:17 PMS250,797 mi
19
89%-3:22 AMW3:58 PME9:56 PMS249,559 mi
20
94%-3:54 AMW4:48 PMESE10:38 PMS247,820 mi
21
98%-4:28 AMWSW5:40 PMESE11:22 PMS245,735 mi
22
99%-5:06 AMWSW6:36 PMESE--
23
100%-5:48 AMWSW7:34 PMESE12:11 AMS243,458 mi
24
99%-6:37 AMWSW8:34 PMESE1:05 AMS241,131 mi
25
97%-7:32 AMWSW9:33 PMESE2:03 AMS238,869 mi
26
91%-8:32 AMWSW10:29 PMESE3:03 AMS236,750 mi
27
84%-9:35 AMWSW11:21 PMESE4:02 AMS234,821 mi
28
75%-10:38 AMWSW-5:00 AMS233,103 mi
29
64%12:07 AMESE11:39 AMWSW-5:53 AMS231,609 mi
30
50%12:49 AMESE12:39 PMW-6:44 AMS230,365 mi
31
41%1:28 AME1:37 PMW-7:32 AMS229,420 mi

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Benito Juárez International Airport is essentially constant during May, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 16, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in May at Benito Juárez International AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%AprJunMay 160%May 160%May 10%May 10%May 310%May 310%comfortablecomfortabledrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Benito Juárez International Airport is essentially constant during May, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 4.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 12, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.4 miles per hour, while on May 30, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.1 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during May is 4.1 miles per hour on May 30.

Average Wind Speed in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction at Benito Juárez International Airport during May is predominantly out of the south from May 1 to May 25 and the north from May 25 to May 31.

Wind Direction in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Wind Direction in May at Benito Juárez International AirportSNEMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%AprJunwestsoutheastnorth
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

While it does not do so every year, freezing temperatures are seen at Benito Juárez International Airport over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is January 2, with a 69% chance.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May at Benito Juárez International Airportgrowing seasonMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJun100%May 16100%May 16coldcoolcomfortablewarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Benito Juárez International Airport are rapidly increasing during May, increasing by 505°F, from 1,477°F to 1,982°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Growing Degree Days in May at Benito Juárez International AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031311,400°F1,400°F1,500°F1,500°F1,600°F1,600°F1,700°F1,700°F1,800°F1,800°F1,900°F1,900°F2,000°F2,000°F2,100°F2,100°FAprJunMay 11,477°FMay 11,477°FMay 311,982°FMay 311,982°FMay 111,646°FMay 111,646°FMay 211,814°FMay 211,814°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of May, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Benito Juárez International Airport is essentially constant during May, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 7.1 kWh throughout.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May at Benito Juárez International Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May at Benito Juárez International AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhAprJunMay 17.3 kWhMay 17.3 kWhMay 316.9 kWhMay 316.9 kWhMay 117.2 kWhMay 117.2 kWhMay 217.1 kWhMay 217.1 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Benito Juárez International Airport are 19.436 deg latitude, -99.072 deg longitude, and 7,349 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Benito Juárez International Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 230 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 7,332 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,729 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (14,596 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Benito Juárez International Airport is covered by artificial surfaces (98%), within 10 miles by artificial surfaces (82%), and within 50 miles by cropland (39%) and trees (24%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Benito Juárez International Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Benito Juárez International Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back are Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport, Hermanos Serdán International Airport, Tulancingo, and Querétaro Intercontinental Airport.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

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