Pátzcuaro climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pátzcuaro?

Pátzcuaro has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 1,590 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pátzcuaro between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 2024, reaching 31.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pátzcuaro?

The coldest day measured in Pátzcuaro between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 2002, at -2.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pátzcuaro?

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

Q: Has the climate of Pátzcuaro warmed?

Yes: Pátzcuaro warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pátzcuaro?

The wettest day measured in Pátzcuaro between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 1998, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pátzcuaro?

The windiest day measured in Pátzcuaro between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1946, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pátzcuaro?

The warmest month in Pátzcuaro is May (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pátzcuaro?

Pátzcuaro receives on average 1,590 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 176 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pátzcuaro?

Pátzcuaro gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pátzcuaro (Mexico) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 1,590 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Pátzcuaro averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 176 rainy days per year.

Pátzcuaro has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 31.6 °C (on 10 May 2024) and the coldest -2.9 °C (on 14 January 2002).

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

PátzcuaroMichoacán

coords: 19.51°, -101.61°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

14.7°C

Average daily high

21.2°C

Average daily low

9.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,590mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

9.8km/h

Seasonal range

5.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

176 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

21.1 °C

Average feels-like low

8.0 °C

Average peak gust

31.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.87 · 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

31.6 °C

10 May 2024

Coldest day

-2.9 °C

14 January 2002

Wettest day

140 mm

9 September 1998

Windiest day

28.9 km/h

7 January 1946

Strongest gust

94.3 km/h

9 March 2016

Hottest feels-like

33.0 °C

7 June 2005

Coldest feels-like

-6.5 °C

25 February 1976

Snowiest day

5.4 cm

2 January 1947

Sunniest day

12.8 h

26 May 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	28.5 °C9 May 2025	4.2 °C6 January 2025	16.1 °C	1,933 mm	0	0
2024	31.6 °C10 May 2024	3.0 °C29 December 2024	16.7 °C	1,696 mm	8	0
2023	30.0 °C13 June 2023	3.3 °C21 January 2023	15.9 °C	1,532 mm	1	0
2022	29.4 °C17 April 2022	2.4 °C11 February 2022	15.5 °C	1,568 mm	0	0
2021	27.9 °C27 April 2021	1.5 °C14 February 2021	15.6 °C	1,660 mm	0	0
2020	28.0 °C4 June 2020	2.8 °C6 January 2020	15.9 °C	1,383 mm	0	0
2019	28.0 °C9 June 2019	3.5 °C31 January 2019	15.8 °C	1,586 mm	0	0
2018	28.9 °C30 May 2018	2.5 °C23 December 2018	15.3 °C	2,069 mm	0	0
2017	29.1 °C19 May 2017	2.8 °C13 December 2017	15.6 °C	1,483 mm	0	0
2016	28.8 °C4 May 2016	1.3 °C17 January 2016	15.4 °C	1,785 mm	0	0
2015	26.5 °C8 May 2015	3.2 °C12 March 2015	15.5 °C	1,787 mm	0	0
2014	27.6 °C24 March 2014	3.2 °C18 January 2014	15.3 °C	1,785 mm	0	0
2013	28.4 °C18 April 2013	2.8 °C3 March 2013	15.4 °C	1,763 mm	0	0
2012	28.1 °C29 May 2012	3.2 °C9 January 2012	15.3 °C	1,587 mm	0	0
2011	28.8 °C25 May 2011	2.4 °C30 November 2011	15.8 °C	1,372 mm	0	0
2010	30.4 °C7 May 2010	2.0 °C8 November 2010	15.2 °C	1,671 mm	2	0
2009	28.1 °C7 May 2009	2.7 °C25 December 2009	15.6 °C	1,456 mm	0	0
2008	29.0 °C2 June 2008	2.1 °C3 January 2008	15.2 °C	1,524 mm	0	0
2007	27.2 °C11 May 2007	4.2 °C26 October 2007	15.3 °C	1,600 mm	0	0
2006	27.9 °C3 April 2006	1.3 °C25 December 2006	15.3 °C	1,951 mm	0	0
2005	30.2 °C7 June 2005	2.6 °C27 December 2005	15.7 °C	1,583 mm	2	0
2004	26.7 °C19 March 2004	0.3 °C1 February 2004	14.9 °C	1,826 mm	0	0
2003	30.8 °C2 May 2003	0.9 °C24 February 2003	15.5 °C	1,631 mm	5	0
2002	29.3 °C4 May 2002	-2.9 °C14 January 2002	15.5 °C	1,924 mm	0	1
2001	30.1 °C4 April 2001	1.6 °C20 January 2001	15.0 °C	1,765 mm	1	0
2000	30.1 °C20 April 2000	2.5 °C4 February 2000	15.3 °C	1,547 mm	1	0
1999	30.1 °C7 April 1999	-0.5 °C21 December 1999	15.2 °C	1,417 mm	1	1
1998	31.4 °C8 May 1998	0.6 °C3 February 1998	15.8 °C	1,736 mm	10	0
1997	28.9 °C3 May 1997	-1.4 °C12 January 1997	14.8 °C	1,791 mm	0	2
1996	26.7 °C20 April 1996	0.4 °C3 January 1996	15.1 °C	1,701 mm	0	0
1995	27.8 °C14 May 1995	2.4 °C29 December 1995	15.4 °C	1,729 mm	0	0
1994	28.9 °C1 May 1994	3.6 °C29 December 1994	15.4 °C	1,625 mm	0	0
1993	29.9 °C3 June 1993	1.8 °C9 February 1993	15.1 °C	1,517 mm	0	0
1992	27.5 °C15 June 1992	2.6 °C6 February 1992	14.6 °C	2,087 mm	0	0
1991	29.2 °C5 May 1991	1.6 °C17 January 1991	15.2 °C	1,632 mm	0	0
1990	27.3 °C26 May 1990	1.1 °C8 January 1990	15.0 °C	1,793 mm	0	0
1989	28.8 °C19 May 1989	1.9 °C25 December 1989	15.0 °C	1,557 mm	0	0
1988	28.8 °C3 June 1988	-0.3 °C22 January 1988	15.3 °C	1,396 mm	0	1
1987	27.4 °C16 April 1987	2.0 °C6 March 1987	15.2 °C	1,273 mm	0	0
1986	28.7 °C16 May 1986	0.5 °C14 January 1986	14.6 °C	1,746 mm	0	0
1985	28.7 °C31 May 1985	1.4 °C6 January 1985	14.4 °C	1,693 mm	0	0
1984	28.7 °C30 April 1984	2.6 °C13 January 1984	14.5 °C	1,659 mm	0	0
1983	30.5 °C3 May 1983	-0.1 °C22 January 1983	14.7 °C	1,578 mm	3	1
1982	29.7 °C3 June 1982	2.1 °C25 December 1982	15.2 °C	1,361 mm	0	0
1981	26.8 °C4 April 1981	0.2 °C28 January 1981	14.8 °C	1,921 mm	0	0
1980	28.5 °C1 June 1980	2.7 °C4 January 1980	15.2 °C	1,708 mm	0	0
1979	26.9 °C13 May 1979	2.5 °C16 January 1979	15.1 °C	1,252 mm	0	0
1978	28.3 °C19 April 1978	-0.1 °C11 January 1978	14.6 °C	1,708 mm	0	1
1977	28.6 °C15 March 1977	1.8 °C6 January 1977	14.6 °C	1,672 mm	0	0
1976	25.8 °C27 May 1976	-1.7 °C25 February 1976	14.2 °C	1,735 mm	0	1
1975	28.5 °C19 April 1975	-0.6 °C27 December 1975	14.1 °C	1,652 mm	0	1
1974	28.2 °C22 April 1974	3.0 °C11 February 1974	13.9 °C	1,661 mm	0	0
1973	27.3 °C26 May 1973	1.7 °C21 December 1973	14.4 °C	1,657 mm	0	0
1972	26.8 °C21 May 1972	3.4 °C20 February 1972	14.5 °C	1,680 mm	0	0
1971	28.2 °C30 April 1971	3.3 °C5 January 1971	14.2 °C	1,562 mm	0	0
1970	27.9 °C1 April 1970	1.0 °C14 January 1970	14.5 °C	1,360 mm	0	0
1969	28.1 °C8 May 1969	0.3 °C10 December 1969	14.8 °C	1,106 mm	0	0
1968	25.7 °C27 May 1968	1.4 °C12 February 1968	13.9 °C	1,443 mm	0	0
1967	27.1 °C7 May 1967	1.5 °C12 December 1967	14.1 °C	1,694 mm	0	0
1966	27.7 °C12 May 1966	1.0 °C30 January 1966	13.9 °C	1,353 mm	0	0
1965	27.4 °C27 May 1965	-0.8 °C23 January 1965	13.9 °C	1,672 mm	0	1
1964	27.5 °C7 April 1964	2.3 °C11 December 1964	13.8 °C	1,646 mm	0	0
1963	26.7 °C25 April 1963	1.7 °C15 February 1963	13.8 °C	1,665 mm	0	0
1962	26.4 °C29 May 1962	2.2 °C12 January 1962	14.1 °C	1,420 mm	0	0
1961	28.2 °C22 April 1961	2.1 °C4 February 1961	14.0 °C	1,353 mm	0	0
1960	27.2 °C6 May 1960	0.3 °C13 February 1960	14.1 °C	1,318 mm	0	0
1959	26.7 °C27 April 1959	1.1 °C3 January 1959	13.5 °C	1,809 mm	0	0
1958	28.9 °C29 April 1958	0.6 °C25 January 1958	13.8 °C	1,606 mm	0	0
1957	27.9 °C12 May 1957	0.6 °C14 March 1957	14.3 °C	992 mm	0	0
1956	27.4 °C16 April 1956	-2.1 °C17 January 1956	13.6 °C	1,387 mm	0	4
1955	28.1 °C21 April 1955	-0.2 °C24 January 1955	13.7 °C	1,396 mm	0	1
1954	26.1 °C3 June 1954	2.0 °C21 December 1954	13.6 °C	1,584 mm	0	0
1953	29.1 °C21 May 1953	1.9 °C15 December 1953	13.9 °C	1,439 mm	0	0
1952	27.9 °C9 May 1952	1.8 °C5 February 1952	13.7 °C	1,330 mm	0	0
1951	27.5 °C21 April 1951	2.2 °C6 February 1951	14.2 °C	1,582 mm	0	0
1950	26.8 °C15 May 1950	2.2 °C28 December 1950	13.7 °C	1,424 mm	0	0
1949	27.1 °C21 May 1949	2.3 °C18 January 1949	13.8 °C	1,454 mm	0	0
1948	25.3 °C1 May 1948	2.2 °C21 January 1948	13.6 °C	1,807 mm	0	0
1947	26.6 °C7 April 1947	0.2 °C2 January 1947	13.4 °C	1,827 mm	0	0
1946	29.1 °C20 May 1946	2.0 °C27 February 1946	13.8 °C	1,534 mm	0	0
1945	27.9 °C4 April 1945	2.7 °C18 January 1945	13.9 °C	1,277 mm	0	0
1944	28.2 °C26 April 1944	2.8 °C16 January 1944	13.7 °C	1,271 mm	0	0
1943	26.1 °C11 May 1943	3.1 °C15 February 1943	13.2 °C	1,573 mm	0	0
1942	26.1 °C27 March 1942	2.4 °C7 March 1942	13.4 °C	1,479 mm	0	0
1941	28.4 °C9 May 1941	1.0 °C16 January 1941	13.5 °C	1,758 mm	0	0
1940	26.6 °C1 May 1940	0.6 °C6 February 1940	13.3 °C	1,244 mm	0	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.8 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1933 mm

+343 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.2 °C	+1.3 °C	43 mm	+9 mm
Feb	22.4 °C	+1.9 °C	36 mm	+12 mm
Mar	24.9 °C	+2.4 °C	6 mm	-20 mm
Apr	26.0 °C	+1.9 °C	7 mm	-35 mm
May	25.3 °C	+1.2 °C	125 mm	-3 mm
Jun	21.7 °C	-0.2 °C	434 mm	+185 mm
Jul	22.0 °C	+1.2 °C	329 mm	+1 mm
Aug	22.3 °C	+1.4 °C	416 mm	+113 mm
Sep	22.7 °C	+1.9 °C	333 mm	+81 mm
Oct	23.0 °C	+2.3 °C	130 mm	-0 mm
Nov	22.8 °C	+2.7 °C	10 mm	-37 mm
Dec	20.5 °C	+1.5 °C	64 mm	+38 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

28.5 °C

9 May 2025

Coldest day

4.2 °C

6 Jan 2025

Wettest day

45.3 mm

13 Jun 2025

Windiest day

20.3 km/h

9 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

10 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

30.2 °C

20 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.7 °C

6 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

26 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pátzcuaro?

Pátzcuaro has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 1,590 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pátzcuaro?

The hottest day measured in Pátzcuaro between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 2024, reaching 31.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pátzcuaro?

The coldest day measured in Pátzcuaro between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 2002, at -2.9 °C.

Does it snow in Pátzcuaro?

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

Has the climate of Pátzcuaro warmed?

Yes: Pátzcuaro warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pátzcuaro?

The wettest day measured in Pátzcuaro between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 1998, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pátzcuaro?

The windiest day measured in Pátzcuaro between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1946, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pátzcuaro?

The warmest month in Pátzcuaro is May (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Pátzcuaro?

Pátzcuaro receives on average 1,590 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 176 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pátzcuaro?

Pátzcuaro gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pátzcuaro?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pátzcuaro between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1947, with 5.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Pátzcuaro?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pátzcuaro?

In Pátzcuaro, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.0 °C on 7 June 2005, and the lowest was -6.5 °C on 25 February 1976.

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