Zacatecas City climate — normals and trends
Zacatecas City (Mexico) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 509 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 (19.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zacatecas City averages 4 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 69 rainy days per year.
Zacatecas City has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 3 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.5 °C (on 15 June 2023) and the coldest -8.5 °C (on 13 December 1997).
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
Zacatecas CityZacatecas
- coords
- 22.77°, -102.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.0°C
Average daily high
22.9°C
Average daily low
9.6°C
Annual rainfall
509mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
51%
Average peak wind
19.3km/h
Seasonal range
8.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
69 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.5 cm
Average feels-like high
20.5 °C
Average feels-like low
7.2 °C
Average peak gust
38.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
34.5 °C
15 June 2023
Coldest day
-8.5 °C
13 December 1997
Wettest day
91 mm
18 June 2015
Windiest day
58.9 km/h
4 March 1983
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
18 March 1964
Hottest feels-like
35.1 °C
9 June 1989
Coldest feels-like
-15.4 °C
13 December 1997
Snowiest day
11.6 cm
9 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.4 h
4 July 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 16 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 24.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 25.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 27.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 4 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 28.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 52 mm | +21 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 56 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | -0.8 °C | 230 mm | +128 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 147 mm | +52 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 137 mm | +48 mm |
| Oct | 24.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 15 mm | -24 mm |
| Nov | 23.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 2 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 21.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 9 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zacatecas City?
Zacatecas City has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 509 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zacatecas City?
The hottest day measured in Zacatecas City between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 2023, reaching 34.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zacatecas City?
The coldest day measured in Zacatecas City between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1997, at -8.5 °C.
Does it snow in Zacatecas City?
Almost never: Zacatecas City sees virtually no snow, with about 4 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Zacatecas City warmed?
Yes: Zacatecas City warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zacatecas City?
The wettest day measured in Zacatecas City between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2015, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zacatecas City?
The windiest day measured in Zacatecas City between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1983, with winds reaching 58.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zacatecas City?
The warmest month in Zacatecas City is May (19.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Zacatecas City?
Zacatecas City receives on average 509 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 69 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zacatecas City?
Zacatecas City 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 Zacatecas City?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zacatecas City between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1967, with 11.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zacatecas City?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zacatecas City.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zacatecas City?
In Zacatecas City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.1 °C on 9 June 1989, and the lowest was -15.4 °C on 13 December 1997.
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