Tequisquiapan climate — normals and trends
Tequisquiapan (Mexico) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 474 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 (20.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Tequisquiapan averages 1 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 82 rainy days per year.
Tequisquiapan has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 1 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 8 May 1998) and the coldest -6.3 °C (on 25 February 1976).
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
TequisquiapanQuerétaro
- coords
- 20.52°, -99.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.1°C
Average daily high
24.5°C
Average daily low
11.1°C
Annual rainfall
474mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
16.8km/h
Seasonal range
7.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
82 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.3 cm
Average feels-like high
23.1 °C
Average feels-like low
10.0 °C
Average peak gust
38.2 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
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · 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
36.4 °C
8 May 1998
Coldest day
-6.3 °C
25 February 1976
Wettest day
67 mm
24 September 1946
Windiest day
41.3 km/h
9 March 2016
Strongest gust
92.5 km/h
15 January 2010
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
26 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
-10.2 °C
25 February 1976
Snowiest day
14.8 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 | 24.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 7 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 26.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 25 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 29.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 2 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 30.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 1 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 31.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 80 mm | +38 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | -1.6 °C | 219 mm | +137 mm |
| Jul | 24.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 153 mm | +75 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 68 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 24.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 136 mm | +54 mm |
| Oct | 24.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 103 mm | +65 mm |
| Nov | 24.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 1 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 22.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 14 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tequisquiapan?
Tequisquiapan has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 474 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tequisquiapan?
The hottest day measured in Tequisquiapan between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1998, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tequisquiapan?
The coldest day measured in Tequisquiapan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1976, at -6.3 °C.
Does it snow in Tequisquiapan?
Almost never: Tequisquiapan sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Tequisquiapan warmed?
Yes: Tequisquiapan warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tequisquiapan?
The wettest day measured in Tequisquiapan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 1946, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tequisquiapan?
The windiest day measured in Tequisquiapan between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 2016, with winds reaching 41.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tequisquiapan?
The warmest month in Tequisquiapan is May (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Tequisquiapan?
Tequisquiapan receives on average 474 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 82 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tequisquiapan?
Tequisquiapan gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tequisquiapan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tequisquiapan between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1967, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tequisquiapan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tequisquiapan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tequisquiapan?
In Tequisquiapan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 26 May 2024, and the lowest was -10.2 °C on 25 February 1976.
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