The warmest places in North America in May

Ciudad Obregón tops the list at 36 °C in May. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Ciudad Obregón Mexico 36 °C 36 °C 1 mm
2 Mexicali Mexico 36 °C 36 °C 1 mm
3 Mérida Mexico 36 °C 36 °C 52 mm
4 Culiacán Mexico 36 °C 36 °C 1 mm
5 Campeche Mexico 35 °C 35 °C 51 mm
6 Hermosillo Mexico 35 °C 35 °C 0 mm
7 San Luis Río Colorado Mexico 35 °C 35 °C 1 mm
8 Phoenix United States 35 °C 35 °C 4 mm
9 Villahermosa Mexico 35 °C 35 °C 102 mm
10 Mesa United States 35 °C 35 °C 4 mm
11 Torreón Mexico 35 °C 35 °C 8 mm
12 Nuevo Laredo Mexico 34 °C 34 °C 66 mm
13 Tuxtepec Mexico 34 °C 34 °C 115 mm
14 Monclova Mexico 34 °C 34 °C 33 mm
15 Los Mochis Mexico 34 °C 34 °C 0 mm
16 Piedras Negras Mexico 33 °C 33 °C 74 mm
17 Ciudad del Carmen Mexico 33 °C 33 °C 61 mm
18 Reynosa Mexico 33 °C 33 °C 51 mm
19 Managua Nicaragua 33 °C 33 °C 152 mm
20 San Miguel El Salvador 33 °C 33 °C 249 mm
21 Tucson United States 33 °C 33 °C 3 mm
22 Ciudad Acuña Mexico 33 °C 33 °C 62 mm
23 Veracruz Mexico 33 °C 33 °C 43 mm
24 Tuxtla Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 145 mm
25 Coatzacoalcos Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 75 mm
26 Ciudad Victoria Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 92 mm
27 Guadalajara Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 16 mm
28 Zapopan Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 13 mm
29 Dessalines Haiti 32 °C 32 °C 167 mm
30 Acapulco de Juárez Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 35 mm
31 La Paz Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 1 mm
32 Bayamo Cuba 32 °C 32 °C 178 mm
33 San Pedro Sula Honduras 32 °C 32 °C 137 mm
34 Chihuahua Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 13 mm
35 Belmopan Belize 32 °C 32 °C 94 mm
36 Ciudad Apodaca Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 52 mm
37 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 16 mm
38 Zamora de Hidalgo Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 38 mm
39 Poza Rica de Hidalgo Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 105 mm
40 Henderson United States 32 °C 32 °C 3 mm
41 Ciudad Juárez Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 8 mm
42 Salamanca Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 35 mm
43 Port-au-Prince Haiti 31 °C 31 °C 222 mm
44 Chetumal Mexico 31 °C 31 °C 93 mm
45 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 31 °C 31 °C 12 mm
46 Irapuato Mexico 31 °C 31 °C 35 mm
47 Camagüey Cuba 31 °C 31 °C 154 mm
48 Las Tunas Cuba 31 °C 31 °C 158 mm
49 Guantánamo Cuba 31 °C 31 °C 127 mm
50 Pinar del Río Cuba 31 °C 31 °C 113 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.