Zacualtipán climate — normals and trends
Zacualtipán (Mexico) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 1,344 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 (20.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Zacualtipán averages 1 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 190 rainy days per year.
Zacualtipán has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 8 May 2024) and the coldest -4.2 °C (on 13 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
ZacualtipánHidalgo
- coords
- 20.65°, -98.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.9°C
Average daily high
22.2°C
Average daily low
12.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,344mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
8.9km/h
Seasonal range
7.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
190 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.4 cm
Average feels-like high
23.9 °C
Average feels-like low
12.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · 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
36.1 °C
8 May 2024
Coldest day
-4.2 °C
13 January 1956
Wettest day
184 mm
24 September 1967
Windiest day
22.9 km/h
18 March 2003
Strongest gust
89.3 km/h
22 August 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
26 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
-7.8 °C
13 January 1956
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
11 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.0 h
14 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 | 19.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 20 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 22.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 35 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 26.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 22 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 25.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 32 mm | -51 mm |
| May | 27.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 136 mm | +32 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 571 mm | +389 mm |
| Jul | 24.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 158 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 25.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 98 mm | -55 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 282 mm | +34 mm |
| Oct | 23.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 369 mm | +207 mm |
| Nov | 22.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 85 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 20.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 103 mm | +62 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zacualtipán?
Zacualtipán has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 1,344 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zacualtipán?
The hottest day measured in Zacualtipán between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 2024, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zacualtipán?
The coldest day measured in Zacualtipán between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1956, at -4.2 °C.
Does it snow in Zacualtipán?
Almost never: Zacualtipán sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Zacualtipán warmed?
Yes: Zacualtipán warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zacualtipán?
The wettest day measured in Zacualtipán between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 1967, with 184 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zacualtipán?
The windiest day measured in Zacualtipán between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2003, with winds reaching 22.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zacualtipán?
The warmest month in Zacualtipán is May (20.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Zacualtipán?
Zacualtipán receives on average 1,344 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 190 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zacualtipán?
Zacualtipán gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zacualtipán?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zacualtipán between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1967, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zacualtipán?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zacualtipán.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zacualtipán?
In Zacualtipán, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 26 May 2024, and the lowest was -7.8 °C on 13 January 1956.
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