Xalapa climate — normals and trends
Xalapa (Mexico) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 1,443 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Xalapa averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 217 rainy days per year.
Xalapa has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.3 °C (on 29 April 1971) and the coldest -1.6 °C (on 14 January 1986).
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
XalapaVeracruz
- coords
- 19.53°, -96.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.8°C
Average daily high
20.3°C
Average daily low
11.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,443mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
9.3km/h
Seasonal range
5.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
217 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
21.6 °C
Average feels-like low
11.4 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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
31.3 °C
29 April 1971
Coldest day
-1.6 °C
14 January 1986
Wettest day
163 mm
6 October 1999
Windiest day
21.7 km/h
22 August 2007
Strongest gust
102.2 km/h
22 August 2007
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
20 May 2025
Coldest feels-like
-4.9 °C
12 January 1956
Snowiest day
0.5 cm
14 December 1997
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 | 18.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 67 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | 20.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 59 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 22.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 66 mm | -54 mm |
| Apr | 22.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 62 mm | -101 mm |
| May | 24.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 171 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 21.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 315 mm | +132 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 79 mm | -44 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 71 mm | -48 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 173 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 21.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 202 mm | +83 mm |
| Nov | 20.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 93 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | 18.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 77 mm | +20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xalapa?
Xalapa has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 1,443 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xalapa?
The hottest day measured in Xalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1971, reaching 31.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xalapa?
The coldest day measured in Xalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1986, at -1.6 °C.
Does it snow in Xalapa?
Almost never: Xalapa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Xalapa warmed?
Yes: Xalapa warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xalapa?
The wettest day measured in Xalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1999, with 163 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xalapa?
The windiest day measured in Xalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2007, with winds reaching 21.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xalapa?
The warmest month in Xalapa is May (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Xalapa?
Xalapa receives on average 1,443 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 217 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xalapa?
Xalapa 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 Xalapa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1997, with 0.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xalapa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Xalapa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xalapa?
In Xalapa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 20 May 2025, and the lowest was -4.9 °C on 12 January 1956.
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