Chanal Weather in May
Chanal in May
The short of it: Chanal in May averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 132 mm (5.2 in) of rain and about 12 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 12° · rain 132 mm · daylight 12 h 54 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & November
Thirty years of records give Chanal an average May high of 26°, a low of 12° and some 132 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 26°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 132 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 54 min in mid-May, 24 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and November.
Against its neighbours, Chanal runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Oxchuc, 10 km to the NE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Chanal, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 92 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OxchucChiapas | 10 km NE | 25° | 12° | 134 mm |
| YoshibChiapas | 15 km NNW | 27° | 14° | 133 mm |
| ChanalChiapas | 17 km ESE | 26° | 12° | 142 mm |
| San Juan CancucChiapas | 20 km N | 30° | 17° | 142 mm |
| TeopiscaChiapas | 21 km SSW | 27° | 14° | 127 mm |
| Amatenango del ValleChiapas | 21 km S | 27° | 13° | 131 mm |
| CancucChiapas | 24 km NNW | 29° | 17° | 136 mm |
| San Cristóbal de las CasasChiapas | 25 km W | 25° | 11° | 119 mm |