Chapala climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chapala?

Chapala has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 657 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chapala?

The hottest day measured in Chapala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 2023, reaching 36.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chapala?

The coldest day measured in Chapala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1960, at 2.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chapala?

Almost never: Chapala sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Chapala warmed?

Yes: Chapala warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chapala?

The wettest day measured in Chapala between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1967, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chapala?

The windiest day measured in Chapala between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2016, with winds reaching 26.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chapala?

The warmest month in Chapala is May (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chapala?

Chapala receives on average 657 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chapala?

Chapala gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chapala (Mexico) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 657 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is May (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Chapala averages 0 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.

Chapala has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 13 June 2023) and the coldest 2.1 °C (on 13 February 1960).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

ChapalaJalisco

coords: 20.29°, -103.19°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthApril

Mean daily temperature

19.4°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

14.0°C

Annual rainfall

657mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

9.7km/h

Seasonal range

7.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

50 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

105 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.2 °C

Average feels-like low

14.0 °C

Average peak gust

29.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

36.8 °C

13 June 2023

Coldest day

2.1 °C

13 February 1960

Wettest day

88 mm

12 January 1967

Windiest day

26.2 km/h

8 March 2016

Strongest gust

82.8 km/h

2 March 2001

Hottest feels-like

37.6 °C

27 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

-2.7 °C

13 February 1960

Snowiest day

1.0 cm

1 January 1947

Sunniest day

13.1 h

18 June 1945

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.9 °C17 May 2025	8.7 °C21 January 2025	20.7 °C	808 mm	72
2024	36.5 °C26 May 2024	7.4 °C4 January 2024	21.0 °C	784 mm	89
2023	36.8 °C13 June 2023	7.2 °C17 January 2023	20.8 °C	582 mm	84
2022	34.9 °C10 May 2022	8.1 °C10 February 2022	20.3 °C	696 mm	63
2021	33.6 °C27 May 2021	4.7 °C2 January 2021	20.2 °C	834 mm	54
2020	33.9 °C4 June 2020	6.3 °C5 January 2020	20.5 °C	688 mm	81
2019	33.7 °C19 May 2019	7.0 °C31 January 2019	20.5 °C	688 mm	70
2018	35.4 °C1 June 2018	5.2 °C21 December 2018	20.0 °C	768 mm	51
2017	35.4 °C22 May 2017	7.1 °C28 November 2017	20.3 °C	706 mm	70
2016	34.4 °C25 May 2016	3.6 °C10 March 2016	20.1 °C	652 mm	55
2015	32.4 °C11 May 2015	8.0 °C4 February 2015	20.0 °C	815 mm	15
2014	31.9 °C14 April 2014	7.5 °C24 December 2014	19.7 °C	749 mm	35
2013	34.0 °C1 June 2013	8.3 °C3 March 2013	19.9 °C	860 mm	57
2012	33.9 °C29 May 2012	7.0 °C9 January 2012	20.0 °C	606 mm	52
2011	36.1 °C26 May 2011	6.0 °C20 January 2011	20.3 °C	626 mm	82
2010	34.6 °C5 June 2010	5.4 °C16 January 2010	19.5 °C	859 mm	46
2009	34.5 °C7 May 2009	5.8 °C23 December 2009	20.3 °C	498 mm	61
2008	34.8 °C11 May 2008	5.7 °C3 January 2008	19.6 °C	754 mm	53
2007	34.0 °C8 June 2007	7.8 °C28 January 2007	19.8 °C	739 mm	53
2006	33.4 °C7 May 2006	4.8 °C26 December 2006	20.0 °C	702 mm	60
2005	36.5 °C9 June 2005	7.7 °C17 January 2005	20.2 °C	516 mm	82
2004	32.0 °C19 March 2004	5.6 °C1 February 2004	19.4 °C	726 mm	25
2003	36.4 °C4 May 2003	5.7 °C21 December 2003	20.2 °C	659 mm	68
2002	35.0 °C4 May 2002	5.2 °C6 January 2002	20.2 °C	646 mm	72
2001	34.4 °C16 April 2001	6.8 °C29 November 2001	19.9 °C	637 mm	53
2000	34.4 °C20 April 2000	6.6 °C19 January 2000	19.9 °C	632 mm	52
1999	36.7 °C1 June 1999	4.0 °C21 December 1999	19.9 °C	621 mm	72
1998	35.7 °C8 May 1998	4.7 °C16 January 1998	20.3 °C	752 mm	91
1997	34.2 °C3 May 1997	2.4 °C14 December 1997	19.3 °C	647 mm	24
1996	33.3 °C21 May 1996	5.6 °C3 January 1996	19.7 °C	731 mm	40
1995	34.7 °C9 June 1995	7.4 °C23 January 1995	20.2 °C	693 mm	56
1994	34.9 °C1 May 1994	7.5 °C29 December 1994	20.3 °C	560 mm	67
1993	34.2 °C8 June 1993	6.9 °C3 March 1993	19.7 °C	728 mm	50
1992	33.0 °C24 June 1992	5.2 °C8 February 1992	19.0 °C	920 mm	35
1991	35.1 °C20 April 1991	6.2 °C17 January 1991	19.8 °C	766 mm	73
1990	33.7 °C27 May 1990	4.9 °C21 February 1990	19.6 °C	731 mm	40
1989	35.1 °C19 May 1989	7.3 °C25 December 1989	19.6 °C	645 mm	45
1988	35.1 °C11 May 1988	3.4 °C22 January 1988	19.9 °C	674 mm	63
1987	32.4 °C22 May 1987	5.3 °C4 January 1987	19.4 °C	585 mm	29
1986	35.7 °C12 May 1986	4.5 °C7 February 1986	19.3 °C	717 mm	52
1985	33.9 °C31 May 1985	3.9 °C6 January 1985	19.2 °C	631 mm	36
1984	33.4 °C23 May 1984	6.2 °C10 January 1984	19.0 °C	766 mm	43
1983	35.5 °C1 May 1983	3.7 °C17 March 1983	19.0 °C	760 mm	52
1982	34.7 °C4 June 1982	6.8 °C5 December 1982	19.9 °C	513 mm	72
1981	34.1 °C15 May 1981	5.0 °C26 January 1981	19.4 °C	835 mm	33
1980	34.4 °C1 June 1980	6.4 °C27 January 1980	19.7 °C	788 mm	56
1979	32.8 °C3 May 1979	5.0 °C26 November 1979	19.7 °C	558 mm	72
1978	33.7 °C8 May 1978	4.8 °C13 February 1978	19.3 °C	788 mm	44
1977	33.4 °C21 May 1977	7.6 °C14 November 1977	19.2 °C	694 mm	25
1976	34.0 °C27 May 1976	3.7 °C25 February 1976	19.1 °C	597 mm	35
1975	32.9 °C24 April 1975	3.4 °C29 December 1975	18.8 °C	721 mm	50
1974	33.6 °C17 May 1974	7.9 °C26 November 1974	18.9 °C	666 mm	32
1973	34.6 °C26 May 1973	6.0 °C25 January 1973	19.2 °C	713 mm	48
1972	33.4 °C22 May 1972	6.9 °C18 February 1972	19.5 °C	515 mm	49
1971	33.8 °C19 May 1971	6.6 °C23 February 1971	18.9 °C	586 mm	36
1970	33.0 °C25 April 1970	4.8 °C14 January 1970	19.0 °C	545 mm	48
1969	34.2 °C14 June 1969	6.8 °C11 December 1969	19.5 °C	457 mm	59
1968	32.2 °C10 June 1968	6.7 °C12 February 1968	18.7 °C	605 mm	27
1967	33.4 °C8 May 1967	4.3 °C12 January 1967	18.6 °C	806 mm	29
1966	34.2 °C13 May 1966	4.9 °C30 January 1966	18.6 °C	625 mm	35
1965	34.1 °C27 May 1965	5.5 °C23 January 1965	18.9 °C	616 mm	63
1964	34.5 °C1 May 1964	5.7 °C1 January 1964	19.1 °C	496 mm	49
1963	33.8 °C23 April 1963	5.7 °C25 December 1963	18.8 °C	711 mm	38
1962	33.6 °C6 June 1962	6.6 °C6 January 1962	19.2 °C	535 mm	53
1961	33.8 °C8 May 1961	6.3 °C12 February 1961	18.9 °C	556 mm	53
1960	33.1 °C7 May 1960	2.1 °C13 February 1960	19.0 °C	527 mm	61
1959	31.5 °C28 April 1959	7.3 °C3 January 1959	18.3 °C	855 mm	6
1958	33.8 °C29 April 1958	5.1 °C26 February 1958	18.6 °C	794 mm	54
1957	33.8 °C12 June 1957	7.2 °C12 December 1957	19.6 °C	327 mm	62
1956	33.2 °C8 May 1956	3.7 °C13 January 1956	18.9 °C	430 mm	41
1955	33.9 °C21 May 1955	2.2 °C24 January 1955	18.8 °C	549 mm	56
1954	32.7 °C3 June 1954	7.2 °C21 December 1954	19.0 °C	445 mm	35
1953	34.2 °C21 May 1953	6.5 °C13 December 1953	18.8 °C	479 mm	45
1952	33.6 °C9 May 1952	5.4 °C5 February 1952	18.6 °C	525 mm	40
1951	32.9 °C22 April 1951	6.9 °C3 January 1951	19.4 °C	581 mm	38
1950	32.9 °C3 May 1950	5.7 °C15 February 1950	18.8 °C	495 mm	39
1949	33.7 °C21 May 1949	6.4 °C8 November 1949	18.8 °C	542 mm	41
1948	32.9 °C2 May 1948	6.2 °C25 January 1948	18.6 °C	850 mm	33
1947	31.8 °C6 April 1947	3.9 °C1 January 1947	18.2 °C	674 mm	26
1946	34.5 °C19 May 1946	4.9 °C8 January 1946	18.8 °C	607 mm	49
1945	33.4 °C12 June 1945	7.0 °C17 January 1945	19.0 °C	549 mm	57
1944	33.3 °C4 June 1944	6.3 °C14 January 1944	18.3 °C	636 mm	41
1943	33.5 °C18 May 1943	7.8 °C1 January 1943	18.2 °C	768 mm	30
1942	32.9 °C19 May 1942	5.5 °C29 December 1942	18.5 °C	532 mm	24
1941	32.6 °C9 May 1941	6.3 °C9 February 1941	18.2 °C	745 mm	24
1940	32.8 °C1 May 1940	4.8 °C18 February 1940	18.4 °C	538 mm	29

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.6 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

72 d/yr

+22

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

808 mm

+151 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	24.6 °C	+1.6 °C	6 mm	-11 mm
Feb	27.5 °C	+2.6 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Mar	29.9 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Apr	30.8 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
May	31.9 °C	+1.1 °C	15 mm	-1 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	-0.6 °C	207 mm	+89 mm
Jul	26.6 °C	+1.3 °C	131 mm	-32 mm
Aug	26.9 °C	+1.6 °C	177 mm	+33 mm
Sep	26.7 °C	+1.6 °C	220 mm	+97 mm
Oct	27.2 °C	+2.1 °C	36 mm	-7 mm
Nov	27.1 °C	+2.5 °C	0 mm	-9 mm
Dec	24.7 °C	+1.5 °C	15 mm	+7 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.9 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

8.7 °C

21 Jan 2025

Wettest day

35.2 mm

30 Sep 2025

Windiest day

20.2 km/h

9 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

10 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.8 °C

21 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.8 °C

21 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

14 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chapala?

Chapala has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 657 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chapala?

The hottest day measured in Chapala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 2023, reaching 36.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chapala?

The coldest day measured in Chapala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1960, at 2.1 °C.

Does it snow in Chapala?

Almost never: Chapala sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Chapala warmed?

Yes: Chapala warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chapala?

The wettest day measured in Chapala between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1967, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chapala?

The windiest day measured in Chapala between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2016, with winds reaching 26.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chapala?

The warmest month in Chapala is May (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Chapala?

Chapala receives on average 657 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chapala?

Chapala gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chapala?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chapala between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1947, with 1.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Chapala?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Chapala.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chapala?

In Chapala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 27 May 2024, and the lowest was -2.7 °C on 13 February 1960.

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