Tehuacán climate — normals and trends
Tehuacán (Mexico) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 615 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Tehuacán averages 0 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Tehuacán has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 8 May 1998) and the coldest -2.2 °C (on 14 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
TehuacánPuebla
- coords
- 18.46°, -97.40°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
23.2°C
Average daily low
11.0°C
Annual rainfall
615mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
5.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
22.3 °C
Average feels-like low
9.9 °C
Average peak gust
42.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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
33.9 °C
8 May 1998
Coldest day
-2.2 °C
14 January 1956
Wettest day
75 mm
7 June 1952
Windiest day
30.7 km/h
10 March 2016
Strongest gust
98.3 km/h
9 March 2016
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
8 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
-6.0 °C
14 January 1956
Snowiest day
0.2 cm
5 March 1987
Sunniest day
13.0 h
27 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 6 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 24.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 15 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 26.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 15 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 26.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 25 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 26.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 118 mm | +23 mm |
| Jun | 23.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 230 mm | +101 mm |
| Jul | 24.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 27 mm | -36 mm |
| Aug | 26.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 59 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 26.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 98 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 24.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 81 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 24.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 5 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 22.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 20 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tehuacán?
Tehuacán has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 615 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tehuacán?
The hottest day measured in Tehuacán between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1998, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tehuacán?
The coldest day measured in Tehuacán between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1956, at -2.2 °C.
Does it snow in Tehuacán?
Almost never: Tehuacán sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Tehuacán warmed?
Yes: Tehuacán warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tehuacán?
The wettest day measured in Tehuacán between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1952, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tehuacán?
The windiest day measured in Tehuacán between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2016, with winds reaching 30.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tehuacán?
The warmest month in Tehuacán is May (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Tehuacán?
Tehuacán receives on average 615 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tehuacán?
Tehuacán gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tehuacán?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tehuacán between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1987, with 0.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tehuacán?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tehuacán.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tehuacán?
In Tehuacán, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 8 May 2024, and the lowest was -6.0 °C on 14 January 1956.
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