Chilapa de Álvarez climate — normals and trends

Chilapa de Álvarez (Mexico) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,747 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Chilapa de Álvarez averages 0 frost days, 32 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 172 rainy days per year.

Chilapa de Álvarez has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 15 May 1998) and the coldest 6.7 °C (on 15 January 1986).

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

Chilapa de ÁlvarezGuerrero

coords
17.60°, -99.17°
period
19402025 · 86 yrs
CsbWarm-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

19.7°C

Average daily high

26.2°C

Average daily low

14.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,747mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

10.0km/h

Seasonal range

3.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

32 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

172 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.2 °C

Average feels-like low

15.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · p = < 0.001

1940Each stripe is one year, from 1940 (left) to 2025 (right). Blue = colder than the period average, red = warmer.2025

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

35.8 °C

15 May 1998

Coldest day

6.7 °C

15 January 1986

Wettest day

169 mm

25 September 2024

Windiest day

23.0 km/h

2 January 2008

Strongest gust

81.0 km/h

8 October 1976

Hottest feels-like

37.6 °C

31 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

2.6 °C

21 December 1954

Sunniest day

12.9 h

29 May 2025

YearHottest dayColdest dayAnnual meanRainfallHot daysFrost days
202532.5 °C8 May 202511.3 °C15 March 202520.7 °C2,230 mm610
202434.3 °C31 May 202410.5 °C1 January 202421.1 °C2,215 mm950
202333.3 °C22 June 20239.1 °C20 December 202320.7 °C1,824 mm540
202233.6 °C16 April 202210.0 °C15 December 202220.1 °C2,124 mm570
202132.9 °C26 April 20218.0 °C15 February 202120.1 °C1,925 mm490
202034.2 °C8 April 202010.9 °C6 January 202020.6 °C1,680 mm790
201932.7 °C27 April 20199.2 °C31 January 201920.4 °C2,152 mm460
201831.9 °C21 March 20188.7 °C15 January 201820.0 °C2,129 mm180
201732.7 °C7 April 20177.5 °C11 December 201720.2 °C1,997 mm290
201632.6 °C7 April 20168.5 °C11 March 201620.5 °C2,260 mm310
201533.0 °C23 February 201511.0 °C2 February 201520.7 °C2,174 mm340
201433.0 °C23 March 20149.4 °C16 January 201420.4 °C2,023 mm440
201332.8 °C18 April 20138.4 °C4 March 201320.4 °C2,175 mm520
201233.7 °C3 May 201210.1 °C8 December 201220.3 °C1,890 mm390
201134.1 °C28 April 20119.9 °C25 January 201120.5 °C1,782 mm640
201034.3 °C24 May 20108.0 °C12 December 201020.3 °C1,797 mm560
200932.8 °C28 February 20098.2 °C7 February 200920.4 °C1,521 mm570
200833.5 °C16 May 20088.8 °C3 January 200820.1 °C1,613 mm440
200733.1 °C7 May 20079.6 °C9 November 200720.2 °C1,854 mm430
200633.5 °C3 April 20067.4 °C24 November 200620.2 °C2,194 mm410
200534.1 °C17 April 20059.1 °C19 January 200520.6 °C1,703 mm690
200433.0 °C19 March 20047.6 °C20 January 200419.9 °C1,676 mm330
200334.1 °C3 May 20037.2 °C24 February 200320.2 °C1,718 mm560
200234.4 °C5 May 20029.8 °C8 January 200220.6 °C1,643 mm600
200133.2 °C17 April 200110.0 °C27 November 200120.4 °C1,548 mm470
200034.1 °C25 April 20008.6 °C19 January 200020.2 °C1,704 mm660
199935.4 °C7 April 19999.6 °C2 December 199920.2 °C1,587 mm700
199835.8 °C15 May 19987.2 °C16 February 199820.4 °C1,592 mm600
199733.6 °C4 May 19976.7 °C12 January 199720.3 °C2,026 mm220
199631.7 °C2 May 19967.7 °C3 January 199620.1 °C1,812 mm140
199531.8 °C13 April 19959.8 °C15 January 199520.4 °C1,844 mm180
199432.7 °C25 March 19949.8 °C7 January 199420.5 °C1,355 mm510
199333.4 °C6 June 199310.5 °C20 December 199320.3 °C1,681 mm600
199231.8 °C9 April 19929.8 °C5 February 199219.9 °C1,908 mm160
199134.2 °C4 May 19919.2 °C17 January 199120.3 °C1,853 mm650
199033.0 °C12 March 199010.1 °C23 February 199020.2 °C2,301 mm180
198932.1 °C18 April 19899.6 °C24 February 198920.0 °C2,023 mm270
198834.0 °C9 May 19888.0 °C28 January 198820.4 °C1,500 mm660
198733.8 °C16 April 19879.1 °C29 January 198720.5 °C1,712 mm350
198633.2 °C14 April 19866.7 °C15 January 198619.9 °C1,852 mm230
198533.4 °C28 April 19859.9 °C8 February 198519.7 °C1,939 mm270
198434.2 °C8 May 19848.1 °C19 November 198419.7 °C2,016 mm460
198334.7 °C21 May 19837.4 °C2 February 198320.0 °C1,746 mm410
198233.8 °C3 April 19828.1 °C25 December 198220.6 °C1,389 mm510
198132.6 °C18 May 19818.7 °C26 January 198120.3 °C2,040 mm350
198032.8 °C2 April 19809.3 °C5 January 198020.7 °C1,750 mm390
197931.9 °C27 April 19798.6 °C14 January 197920.2 °C1,579 mm240
197833.2 °C17 April 19789.2 °C11 January 197819.8 °C1,860 mm280
197732.4 °C31 March 19779.5 °C22 December 197719.7 °C1,774 mm100
197631.1 °C16 March 19767.3 °C25 February 197619.3 °C1,687 mm70
197531.9 °C14 April 19758.6 °C11 December 197519.1 °C2,026 mm180
197432.9 °C24 April 19749.8 °C11 February 197418.9 °C1,890 mm170
197331.9 °C9 May 19738.1 °C30 January 197319.1 °C1,901 mm180
197232.3 °C4 April 19729.3 °C9 February 197219.5 °C1,715 mm200
197132.6 °C29 April 19719.2 °C9 February 197119.1 °C1,522 mm190
197031.9 °C28 May 19708.1 °C15 January 197019.4 °C1,420 mm280
196933.4 °C8 May 19698.7 °C22 November 196919.7 °C1,337 mm410
196829.9 °C5 April 19688.7 °C8 February 196818.9 °C1,301 mm00
196732.0 °C11 May 19678.9 °C11 February 196718.9 °C1,710 mm100
196632.0 °C30 April 19668.5 °C31 January 196619.0 °C1,549 mm260
196530.9 °C7 April 19657.5 °C24 February 196518.9 °C1,607 mm170
196432.1 °C1 May 19649.6 °C26 December 196418.8 °C1,663 mm290
196332.1 °C25 April 19637.1 °C14 February 196319.0 °C1,511 mm200
196230.9 °C12 April 19628.7 °C11 January 196218.8 °C1,476 mm50
196133.2 °C21 April 19618.4 °C13 February 196119.1 °C1,381 mm450
196031.7 °C30 April 19607.8 °C14 February 196018.9 °C1,587 mm210
195930.7 °C4 April 19598.7 °C11 January 195918.7 °C2,016 mm70
195832.2 °C7 April 19588.1 °C16 February 195818.8 °C1,815 mm380
195730.9 °C8 April 19577.4 °C7 March 195719.1 °C1,174 mm180
195631.3 °C16 April 19567.2 °C13 January 195618.4 °C1,634 mm120
195531.0 °C25 April 19557.6 °C24 January 195518.4 °C1,645 mm120
195430.7 °C23 March 19546.9 °C21 December 195418.6 °C1,745 mm60
195332.6 °C19 April 19538.2 °C13 November 195319.0 °C1,419 mm240
195231.0 °C10 May 19528.3 °C4 February 195218.7 °C1,703 mm140
195131.6 °C22 April 19519.0 °C15 January 195119.4 °C1,870 mm110
195029.8 °C30 April 19508.8 °C28 December 195018.7 °C1,697 mm00
194931.4 °C3 May 19499.3 °C30 January 194918.7 °C1,459 mm110
194830.7 °C1 April 19489.3 °C12 January 194818.5 °C2,011 mm40
194730.8 °C19 April 19478.9 °C26 December 194718.4 °C2,097 mm90
194631.6 °C31 March 19468.1 °C6 January 194618.8 °C1,309 mm120
194531.1 °C24 April 19458.6 °C18 January 194518.7 °C1,518 mm120
194431.8 °C11 April 19448.7 °C21 January 194418.7 °C1,643 mm230
194331.2 °C13 April 19439.2 °C19 December 194318.3 °C1,416 mm50
194231.1 °C5 May 19427.9 °C15 March 194218.5 °C1,374 mm190
194131.6 °C21 April 19418.1 °C26 February 194118.7 °C1,561 mm280
194031.6 °C1 May 19407.3 °C22 December 194018.7 °C1,197 mm50

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Across the whole year

Average daily high
27.6 °C
+1.4 °C
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
61 d/yr
+29
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
0
Annual rainfall
2230 mm
+483 mm

Month by month

Highvs. normalPrecipitationvs. normal
Jan27.5 °C+2.3 °C17 mm-1 mm
Feb27.9 °C+1.1 °C59 mm+48 mm
Mar30.1 °C+1.6 °C1 mm-10 mm
Apr30.5 °C+0.8 °C7 mm-22 mm
May29.7 °C+1.1 °C142 mm+28 mm
Jun25.2 °C-0.3 °C567 mm+250 mm
Jul27.0 °C+1.7 °C327 mm-5 mm
Aug26.6 °C+1.4 °C424 mm+90 mm
Sep26.3 °C+1.7 °C399 mm+51 mm
Oct26.5 °C+1.5 °C240 mm+70 mm
Nov27.1 °C+2.0 °C8 mm-40 mm
Dec26.2 °C+1.2 °C40 mm+25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day
32.5 °C
8 May 2025
Coldest day
11.3 °C
15 Mar 2025
Wettest day
83.4 mm
29 Sep 2025
Windiest day
21.7 km/h
10 Nov 2025
Strongest gust
71.6 km/h
10 Nov 2025
Hottest feels-like
34.9 °C
8 May 2025
Coldest feels-like
9.8 °C
25 Jan 2025
Sunniest day
12.9 h
29 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chilapa de Álvarez?

Chilapa de Álvarez has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,747 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chilapa de Álvarez?

The hottest day measured in Chilapa de Álvarez between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1998, reaching 35.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chilapa de Álvarez?

The coldest day measured in Chilapa de Álvarez between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1986, at 6.7 °C.

Does it snow in Chilapa de Álvarez?

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

Has the climate of Chilapa de Álvarez warmed?

Yes: Chilapa de Álvarez warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chilapa de Álvarez?

The wettest day measured in Chilapa de Álvarez between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 2024, with 169 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chilapa de Álvarez?

The windiest day measured in Chilapa de Álvarez between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 2008, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chilapa de Álvarez?

The warmest month in Chilapa de Álvarez is May (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Chilapa de Álvarez?

Chilapa de Álvarez receives on average 1,747 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 172 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chilapa de Álvarez?

Chilapa de Álvarez gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chilapa de Álvarez?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chilapa de Álvarez?

In Chilapa de Álvarez, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 31 May 2024, and the lowest was 2.6 °C on 21 December 1954.

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