Ixtapaluca climate — normals and trends
Ixtapaluca (Mexico) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 1,472 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 (15.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Ixtapaluca averages 3 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Ixtapaluca has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.7 °C (on 30 May 2018) and the coldest -6.5 °C (on 12 January 1956).
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
IxtapalucaMéxico
- coords
- 19.32°, -98.88°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.3°C
Average daily high
19.7°C
Average daily low
7.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,472mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
10.2km/h
Seasonal range
5.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.1 cm
Average feels-like high
19.3 °C
Average feels-like low
5.7 °C
Average peak gust
27.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.89 · 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
30.7 °C
30 May 2018
Coldest day
-6.5 °C
12 January 1956
Wettest day
152 mm
11 October 2005
Windiest day
30.6 km/h
24 March 1957
Strongest gust
94.0 km/h
10 March 2016
Hottest feels-like
31.7 °C
10 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-10.9 °C
12 January 1956
Snowiest day
10.4 cm
11 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.0 h
28 May 1940
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 | 19.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 21 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 20.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 49 mm | +31 mm |
| Mar | 23.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 22 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 24.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 1 mm | -47 mm |
| May | 24.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 121 mm | +36 mm |
| Jun | 20.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 415 mm | +170 mm |
| Jul | 20.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 281 mm | -44 mm |
| Aug | 20.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 402 mm | +94 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 302 mm | +60 mm |
| Oct | 20.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 134 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 21.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 5 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 18.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 31 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ixtapaluca?
Ixtapaluca has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 1,472 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ixtapaluca?
The hottest day measured in Ixtapaluca between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2018, reaching 30.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ixtapaluca?
The coldest day measured in Ixtapaluca between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1956, at -6.5 °C.
Does it snow in Ixtapaluca?
Almost never: Ixtapaluca sees virtually no snow, with about 3 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ixtapaluca warmed?
Yes: Ixtapaluca warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ixtapaluca?
The wettest day measured in Ixtapaluca between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 2005, with 152 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ixtapaluca?
The windiest day measured in Ixtapaluca between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1957, with winds reaching 30.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ixtapaluca?
The warmest month in Ixtapaluca is May (15.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Ixtapaluca?
Ixtapaluca receives on average 1,472 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ixtapaluca?
Ixtapaluca gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ixtapaluca?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ixtapaluca between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1967, with 10.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ixtapaluca?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ixtapaluca.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ixtapaluca?
In Ixtapaluca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.7 °C on 10 July 2023, and the lowest was -10.9 °C on 12 January 1956.
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