Shoulder season. May is a solid shoulder-season choice for Cancún. In May, Cancún averages 27°C, with about 12 hours of sunshine a day and roughly 3.4 rainy days a week. Here's what those numbers mean for a trip.
That's close to Cancún's yearly average temperature.
Pack layers — warm days, cooler evenings — plus light rain cover.
May is a solid shoulder-season choice for Cancún. It averages 27°C with 12 hours of sun a day and about 3.4 rainy days a week.
Cancún averages 27°C in May, based on roughly twenty years of climate records.
Expect about 3.4 rainy days a week in May, with 12 hours of sunshine a day on average.