Piste Weather in May
Piste in May
The short of it: Piste in May averages a high of 36 °C (97 °F) and a low of 21 °C (70 °F), with 79 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 13 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 36° · low 21° · rain 79 mm · daylight 13 h 7 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Piste an average May high of 36°, a low of 21° and some 79 mm of rain. No month in Piste runs warmer: highs about 36°. Wet spells are common — about 79 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 7 min in mid-May, 31 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Piste runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Chichén-Itzá, 4 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Piste, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 41 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h