Chilpancingo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chilpancingo?

Chilpancingo has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.5 °C and it receives 1,930 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Chilpancingo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1998, reaching 35.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chilpancingo?

The coldest day measured in Chilpancingo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1986, at 6.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chilpancingo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Chilpancingo warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Chilpancingo?

The wettest day measured in Chilpancingo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 2024, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chilpancingo?

The windiest day measured in Chilpancingo between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2016, with winds reaching 19.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chilpancingo?

The warmest month in Chilpancingo is April (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chilpancingo?

Chilpancingo receives on average 1,930 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 181 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chilpancingo?

Chilpancingo gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chilpancingo (Mexico) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.5 °C and it receives 1,930 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 April (21.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Chilpancingo averages 0 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 181 rainy days per year.

Chilpancingo 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 35.5 °C (on 15 May 1998) and the coldest 6.5 °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

ChilpancingoGuerrero

coords: 17.55°, -99.50°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

19.5°C

Average daily high

25.9°C

Average daily low

14.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,930mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

8.7km/h

Seasonal range

3.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

26 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

181 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.9 °C

Average feels-like low

15.1 °C

Average peak gust

34.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.8 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

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

35.5 °C

15 May 1998

Coldest day

6.5 °C

15 January 1986

Wettest day

170 mm

26 September 2024

Windiest day

19.2 km/h

10 March 2016

Strongest gust

103.7 km/h

8 October 1976

Hottest feels-like

36.9 °C

21 May 1983

Coldest feels-like

3.5 °C

21 December 1954

Sunniest day

12.9 h

16 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.0 °C20 May 2025	10.9 °C28 December 2025	20.4 °C	2,252 mm	47
2024	33.6 °C6 June 2024	10.0 °C1 January 2024	20.9 °C	2,388 mm	89
2023	32.3 °C22 June 2023	9.3 °C20 December 2023	20.4 °C	2,057 mm	43
2022	33.2 °C16 April 2022	10.1 °C19 December 2022	19.8 °C	2,201 mm	45
2021	32.6 °C26 April 2021	8.8 °C14 February 2021	19.8 °C	2,125 mm	40
2020	33.9 °C8 April 2020	10.3 °C6 January 2020	20.4 °C	1,848 mm	67
2019	32.6 °C27 April 2019	9.9 °C29 January 2019	20.2 °C	2,275 mm	38
2018	31.7 °C21 March 2018	9.2 °C15 January 2018	19.8 °C	2,376 mm	13
2017	32.0 °C7 April 2017	8.6 °C11 December 2017	20.0 °C	2,055 mm	17
2016	32.2 °C7 April 2016	9.0 °C11 March 2016	20.2 °C	2,497 mm	27
2015	32.4 °C23 February 2015	11.5 °C12 January 2015	20.5 °C	2,450 mm	22
2014	32.5 °C13 April 2014	9.7 °C16 January 2014	20.2 °C	2,207 mm	34
2013	32.5 °C18 April 2013	8.5 °C4 March 2013	20.2 °C	2,364 mm	36
2012	33.3 °C3 May 2012	10.1 °C6 January 2012	20.1 °C	2,096 mm	28
2011	33.4 °C28 April 2011	9.4 °C18 January 2011	20.3 °C	1,868 mm	56
2010	33.7 °C10 May 2010	8.2 °C12 December 2010	20.1 °C	1,814 mm	50
2009	32.3 °C5 April 2009	9.0 °C7 February 2009	20.2 °C	1,840 mm	45
2008	32.9 °C11 April 2008	9.3 °C5 January 2008	19.9 °C	1,771 mm	33
2007	32.5 °C7 May 2007	10.1 °C9 November 2007	20.0 °C	2,028 mm	31
2006	32.9 °C3 April 2006	7.4 °C24 November 2006	19.9 °C	2,365 mm	34
2005	34.4 °C17 April 2005	9.7 °C17 January 2005	20.4 °C	1,947 mm	66
2004	32.5 °C19 March 2004	7.9 °C20 January 2004	19.7 °C	1,946 mm	21
2003	33.9 °C3 May 2003	7.2 °C24 February 2003	20.1 °C	1,870 mm	54
2002	34.0 °C5 May 2002	9.3 °C8 January 2002	20.4 °C	1,834 mm	53
2001	33.1 °C17 April 2001	9.7 °C27 November 2001	20.1 °C	1,836 mm	34
2000	33.7 °C26 April 2000	8.3 °C19 January 2000	20.0 °C	1,811 mm	55
1999	35.1 °C7 April 1999	8.7 °C4 December 1999	20.0 °C	1,704 mm	61
1998	35.5 °C15 May 1998	7.3 °C9 January 1998	20.3 °C	1,790 mm	59
1997	32.9 °C4 May 1997	7.1 °C12 January 1997	20.1 °C	2,322 mm	13
1996	31.1 °C2 May 1996	7.7 °C3 January 1996	19.9 °C	1,994 mm	10
1995	31.7 °C13 April 1995	9.7 °C15 January 1995	20.1 °C	1,981 mm	9
1994	32.4 °C25 March 1994	9.3 °C11 January 1994	20.3 °C	1,614 mm	45
1993	33.0 °C7 June 1993	10.0 °C20 December 1993	20.0 °C	1,793 mm	46
1992	31.4 °C22 March 1992	9.1 °C5 February 1992	19.7 °C	2,185 mm	10
1991	33.8 °C4 May 1991	10.1 °C16 January 1991	20.1 °C	2,026 mm	59
1990	32.2 °C12 March 1990	10.2 °C10 December 1990	20.0 °C	2,472 mm	11
1989	31.9 °C19 April 1989	9.1 °C5 March 1989	19.8 °C	2,160 mm	22
1988	33.6 °C9 May 1988	8.4 °C28 January 1988	20.2 °C	1,647 mm	55
1987	33.5 °C16 April 1987	8.3 °C29 January 1987	20.3 °C	1,846 mm	26
1986	32.8 °C14 April 1986	6.5 °C15 January 1986	19.6 °C	2,069 mm	19
1985	32.6 °C28 April 1985	10.0 °C30 November 1985	19.4 °C	2,155 mm	20
1984	34.3 °C8 May 1984	9.1 °C19 November 1984	19.5 °C	2,129 mm	41
1983	34.7 °C21 May 1983	7.7 °C23 January 1983	19.8 °C	2,023 mm	42
1982	33.9 °C3 April 1982	9.2 °C6 December 1982	20.4 °C	1,632 mm	40
1981	31.8 °C30 April 1981	8.3 °C26 January 1981	20.0 °C	2,240 mm	25
1980	32.7 °C2 April 1980	8.8 °C5 January 1980	20.4 °C	1,987 mm	26
1979	31.3 °C15 April 1979	9.7 °C13 January 1979	19.9 °C	1,804 mm	12
1978	32.5 °C17 April 1978	9.5 °C11 January 1978	19.5 °C	1,969 mm	21
1977	31.9 °C31 March 1977	9.7 °C23 December 1977	19.4 °C	1,970 mm	3
1976	31.0 °C16 March 1976	7.2 °C25 February 1976	19.0 °C	2,031 mm	2
1975	31.7 °C14 April 1975	8.4 °C11 December 1975	18.8 °C	2,206 mm	14
1974	32.6 °C24 April 1974	9.3 °C11 February 1974	18.7 °C	1,960 mm	14
1973	31.3 °C9 May 1973	8.5 °C13 December 1973	19.0 °C	1,938 mm	15
1972	32.0 °C5 April 1972	9.0 °C26 December 1972	19.3 °C	2,012 mm	13
1971	32.0 °C29 April 1971	9.5 °C9 February 1971	18.9 °C	1,681 mm	15
1970	31.6 °C2 May 1970	7.7 °C15 January 1970	19.2 °C	1,570 mm	28
1969	33.2 °C8 May 1969	8.8 °C19 January 1969	19.5 °C	1,537 mm	37
1968	29.5 °C4 April 1968	8.9 °C13 February 1968	18.6 °C	1,644 mm	0
1967	31.9 °C11 May 1967	9.2 °C12 December 1967	18.7 °C	1,970 mm	8
1966	32.0 °C30 April 1966	8.5 °C31 January 1966	18.8 °C	1,749 mm	22
1965	30.8 °C9 April 1965	8.0 °C24 February 1965	18.7 °C	1,743 mm	8
1964	31.8 °C1 May 1964	9.8 °C26 December 1964	18.6 °C	1,907 mm	22
1963	31.9 °C25 April 1963	7.5 °C14 February 1963	18.8 °C	1,630 mm	15
1962	30.7 °C12 April 1962	9.0 °C13 January 1962	18.6 °C	1,564 mm	3
1961	32.8 °C21 April 1961	8.7 °C13 February 1961	18.8 °C	1,636 mm	37
1960	31.6 °C16 April 1960	8.4 °C14 February 1960	18.7 °C	1,821 mm	20
1959	30.6 °C3 April 1959	9.4 °C11 January 1959	18.4 °C	2,124 mm	3
1958	32.1 °C7 April 1958	7.8 °C25 January 1958	18.6 °C	2,005 mm	35
1957	30.9 °C8 April 1957	8.2 °C28 February 1957	18.9 °C	1,405 mm	14
1956	31.1 °C16 April 1956	7.4 °C17 January 1956	18.2 °C	1,719 mm	11
1955	31.2 °C25 April 1955	7.5 °C25 January 1955	18.3 °C	1,845 mm	11
1954	30.6 °C23 March 1954	7.7 °C21 December 1954	18.4 °C	2,053 mm	6
1953	32.0 °C18 April 1953	8.7 °C15 December 1953	18.8 °C	1,579 mm	19
1952	31.0 °C10 May 1952	8.9 °C4 February 1952	18.5 °C	1,882 mm	14
1951	31.5 °C22 April 1951	8.9 °C12 February 1951	19.1 °C	1,922 mm	6
1950	29.6 °C30 April 1950	9.0 °C7 December 1950	18.4 °C	1,849 mm	0
1949	30.8 °C3 May 1949	9.3 °C18 January 1949	18.6 °C	1,637 mm	8
1948	30.1 °C1 April 1948	9.5 °C12 January 1948	18.3 °C	2,185 mm	2
1947	30.9 °C19 April 1947	9.3 °C2 December 1947	18.2 °C	2,278 mm	5
1946	31.5 °C31 March 1946	8.6 °C6 January 1946	18.6 °C	1,559 mm	8
1945	30.8 °C24 April 1945	8.9 °C15 January 1945	18.5 °C	1,669 mm	8
1944	31.6 °C26 April 1944	9.6 °C21 January 1944	18.5 °C	1,847 mm	19
1943	30.6 °C13 April 1943	9.7 °C1 January 1943	18.1 °C	1,527 mm	3
1942	30.6 °C3 May 1942	8.8 °C12 January 1942	18.3 °C	1,542 mm	12
1941	31.2 °C21 April 1941	8.3 °C26 February 1941	18.5 °C	1,693 mm	19
1940	31.3 °C1 May 1940	7.4 °C9 February 1940	18.5 °C	1,444 mm	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.2 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

47 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2252 mm

+322 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.9 °C	+2.0 °C	22 mm	+1 mm
Feb	27.5 °C	+1.0 °C	73 mm	+57 mm
Mar	29.7 °C	+1.5 °C	4 mm	-12 mm
Apr	30.2 °C	+0.9 °C	8 mm	-35 mm
May	29.7 °C	+1.5 °C	108 mm	-42 mm
Jun	24.9 °C	-0.3 °C	587 mm	+243 mm
Jul	26.7 °C	+1.8 °C	364 mm	+3 mm
Aug	26.3 °C	+1.4 °C	394 mm	+28 mm
Sep	26.1 °C	+1.8 °C	393 mm	+32 mm
Oct	26.2 °C	+1.5 °C	242 mm	+61 mm
Nov	26.7 °C	+1.9 °C	10 mm	-42 mm
Dec	25.7 °C	+1.0 °C	47 mm	+29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.0 °C

20 May 2025

Coldest day

10.9 °C

28 Dec 2025

Wettest day

60.3 mm

29 Sep 2025

Windiest day

18.2 km/h

10 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

10 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.9 °C

13 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.8 °C

25 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

17 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chilpancingo?

Chilpancingo has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.5 °C and it receives 1,930 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chilpancingo?

The hottest day measured in Chilpancingo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1998, reaching 35.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chilpancingo?

The coldest day measured in Chilpancingo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1986, at 6.5 °C.

Does it snow in Chilpancingo?

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

Has the climate of Chilpancingo warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Chilpancingo?

The wettest day measured in Chilpancingo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 2024, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chilpancingo?

The windiest day measured in Chilpancingo between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2016, with winds reaching 19.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chilpancingo?

The warmest month in Chilpancingo is April (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Chilpancingo?

Chilpancingo receives on average 1,930 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 181 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chilpancingo?

Chilpancingo gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chilpancingo?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chilpancingo?

In Chilpancingo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 21 May 1983, and the lowest was 3.5 °C on 21 December 1954.

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