Pachuca climate — normals and trends
Pachuca (Mexico) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 667 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 (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Pachuca averages 3 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Pachuca 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 5 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 8 May 1998) and the coldest -6.9 °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
PachucaHidalgo
- coords
- 20.12°, -98.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.1°C
Average daily high
21.1°C
Average daily low
8.5°C
Annual rainfall
667mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
5.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.2 cm
Average feels-like high
20.1 °C
Average feels-like low
6.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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
33.1 °C
8 May 1998
Coldest day
-6.9 °C
12 January 1956
Wettest day
97 mm
22 August 2007
Windiest day
42.3 km/h
24 March 1957
Strongest gust
94.0 km/h
24 March 1957
Hottest feels-like
32.9 °C
9 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
-11.0 °C
13 January 1956
Snowiest day
10.4 cm
11 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.0 h
14 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 8 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 21.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 40 mm | +26 mm |
| Mar | 25.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 4 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 25.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 5 mm | -41 mm |
| May | 26.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 87 mm | +20 mm |
| Jun | 21.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 281 mm | +171 mm |
| Jul | 21.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 122 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 22.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 124 mm | +26 mm |
| Sep | 22.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 122 mm | +15 mm |
| Oct | 21.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 156 mm | +103 mm |
| Nov | 20.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 5 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 18.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 26 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pachuca?
Pachuca has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 667 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pachuca?
The hottest day measured in Pachuca between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1998, reaching 33.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pachuca?
The coldest day measured in Pachuca between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1956, at -6.9 °C.
Does it snow in Pachuca?
Almost never: Pachuca sees virtually no snow, with about 3 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Pachuca warmed?
Yes: Pachuca warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pachuca?
The wettest day measured in Pachuca between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2007, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pachuca?
The windiest day measured in Pachuca between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1957, with winds reaching 42.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pachuca?
The warmest month in Pachuca is May (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Pachuca?
Pachuca receives on average 667 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pachuca?
Pachuca 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 Pachuca?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pachuca between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1967, with 10.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pachuca?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pachuca.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pachuca?
In Pachuca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.9 °C on 9 May 2024, and the lowest was -11.0 °C on 13 January 1956.
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