Ciudad Juárez climate — normals and trends
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 207 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 July (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Ciudad Juárez averages 40 frost days, 123 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 41 rainy days per year.
Ciudad Juárez has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 54 to 26 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.1 °C (on 25 June 1994) and the coldest -24.4 °C (on 29 January 1948).
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
Ciudad JuárezChihuahua
- coords
- 31.72°, -106.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.7°C
Average daily high
24.4°C
Average daily low
11.0°C
Annual rainfall
207mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
40%
Average peak wind
19.2km/h
Seasonal range
21.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
40 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
123 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
41 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.4 cm
Average feels-like high
21.8 °C
Average feels-like low
8.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
72 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · p = < 0.001
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
43.1 °C
25 June 1994
Coldest day
-24.4 °C
29 January 1948
Wettest day
63 mm
23 June 1986
Windiest day
60.2 km/h
30 December 2010
Strongest gust
114.8 km/h
30 December 2010
Hottest feels-like
43.7 °C
27 June 1994
Coldest feels-like
-29.0 °C
29 January 1948
Snowiest day
8.5 cm
17 January 1947
Sunniest day
13.9 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 5 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 21.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 22.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 2 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 26.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 9 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 30.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 35.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 37 mm | +24 mm |
| Jul | 34.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 53 mm | +24 mm |
| Aug | 35.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 13 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 30.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 32 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 27.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 49 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 21.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 10 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 18.8 °C | +5.4 °C | 3 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ciudad Juárez?
Ciudad Juárez has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 207 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ciudad Juárez?
The hottest day measured in Ciudad Juárez between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1994, reaching 43.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ciudad Juárez?
The coldest day measured in Ciudad Juárez between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1948, at -24.4 °C.
Does it snow in Ciudad Juárez?
Yes. Ciudad Juárez gets on average 5.4 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.
Has the climate of Ciudad Juárez warmed?
Yes: Ciudad Juárez warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ciudad Juárez?
The wettest day measured in Ciudad Juárez between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1986, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ciudad Juárez?
The windiest day measured in Ciudad Juárez between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 2010, with winds reaching 60.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ciudad Juárez?
The warmest month in Ciudad Juárez is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Ciudad Juárez?
Ciudad Juárez receives on average 207 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 41 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ciudad Juárez?
Ciudad Juárez gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ciudad Juárez?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ciudad Juárez between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1947, with 8.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ciudad Juárez?
Yes: Ciudad Juárez has on average 72 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ciudad Juárez?
In Ciudad Juárez, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 27 June 1994, and the lowest was -29.0 °C on 29 January 1948.
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