Uruapan climate — normals and trends
Uruapan (Mexico) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 1,715 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Uruapan averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 192 rainy days per year.
Uruapan 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 32.3 °C (on 10 May 2024) and the coldest -1.3 °C (on 11 January 1978).
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
UruapanMichoacán
- coords
- 19.42°, -102.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.4°C
Average daily high
21.9°C
Average daily low
9.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,715mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
9.4km/h
Seasonal range
5.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
192 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.1 cm
Average feels-like high
22.2 °C
Average feels-like low
8.7 °C
Average peak gust
31.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.87 · 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
32.3 °C
10 May 2024
Coldest day
-1.3 °C
11 January 1978
Wettest day
127 mm
1 January 1947
Windiest day
24.8 km/h
8 October 1976
Strongest gust
82.1 km/h
8 October 1976
Hottest feels-like
33.5 °C
10 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
-4.6 °C
25 February 1976
Snowiest day
4.9 cm
1 January 1947
Sunniest day
12.8 h
24 June 2023
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 | 20.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 72 mm | +26 mm |
| Feb | 23.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 22 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 25.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 6 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 26.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 12 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 25.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 120 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 395 mm | +120 mm |
| Jul | 22.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 338 mm | +12 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 358 mm | +47 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 298 mm | +24 mm |
| Oct | 23.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 142 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 23.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 17 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 21.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 68 mm | +37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Uruapan?
Uruapan has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 1,715 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Uruapan?
The hottest day measured in Uruapan between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 2024, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Uruapan?
The coldest day measured in Uruapan between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1978, at -1.3 °C.
Does it snow in Uruapan?
Almost never: Uruapan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Uruapan warmed?
Yes: Uruapan warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Uruapan?
The wettest day measured in Uruapan between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1947, with 127 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Uruapan?
The windiest day measured in Uruapan between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 1976, with winds reaching 24.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Uruapan?
The warmest month in Uruapan is May (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Uruapan?
Uruapan receives on average 1,715 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 192 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Uruapan?
Uruapan 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 Uruapan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Uruapan between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1947, with 4.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Uruapan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Uruapan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Uruapan?
In Uruapan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.5 °C on 10 May 2024, and the lowest was -4.6 °C on 25 February 1976.
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