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
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- 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.