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Typical May weather

Albuquerque

New Mexico · May

Perfect high-desert days before the heat gets ideas.

80° days
52° nights

maybe one rainy day · 14 hours of daylight

What to pack

What May feels like

May is when the bosque trails along the river are at their best and the evenings stay warm enough to sit out without a plan. Locals treat the last weeks of the month as the deadline for a La Luz Trail attempt before the bottom of the mountain gets too hot.

Real rain shows up maybe one day all month; the rest stay dry. The air runs dry — whatever the thermometer says, it wears easy.

The numbers

Typical high80°
Typical low52°
Days with real rain1
Total rain0.4 in
Humiditydry air
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)6:02 am / 8:03 pm

How May compares

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