Zapopan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Zapopan?

Zapopan has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 806 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zapopan?

The hottest day measured in Zapopan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 2023, reaching 38.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Zapopan?

The coldest day measured in Zapopan between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1960, at 0.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Zapopan?

Almost never: Zapopan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Zapopan warmed?

Yes: Zapopan warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Zapopan?

The wettest day measured in Zapopan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1968, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Zapopan?

The windiest day measured in Zapopan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1993, with winds reaching 29.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Zapopan?

The warmest month in Zapopan is May (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Zapopan?

Zapopan receives on average 806 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Zapopan?

Zapopan gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Zapopan (Mexico) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 806 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Zapopan averages 0 frost days, 84 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.

Zapopan has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 13 June 2023) and the coldest 0.4 °C (on 14 February 1960).

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

ZapopanJalisco

coords: 20.72°, -103.39°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

20.2°C

Average daily high

27.6°C

Average daily low

13.8°C

Annual rainfall

806mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

58%

Average peak wind

11.3km/h

Seasonal range

7.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

84 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

108 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.8 °C

Average feels-like low

13.6 °C

Average peak gust

31.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

2 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

38.6 °C

13 June 2023

Coldest day

0.4 °C

14 February 1960

Wettest day

71 mm

4 March 1968

Windiest day

29.3 km/h

2 March 1993

Strongest gust

78.1 km/h

2 March 2001

Hottest feels-like

39.9 °C

4 June 1982

Coldest feels-like

-4.4 °C

14 December 1997

Sunniest day

13.2 h

21 June 1945

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.9 °C21 May 2025	7.2 °C18 December 2025	21.5 °C	991 mm	130
2024	37.9 °C10 May 2024	5.8 °C27 December 2024	21.8 °C	957 mm	132
2023	38.6 °C13 June 2023	5.3 °C17 January 2023	21.6 °C	731 mm	166
2022	36.6 °C10 May 2022	7.1 °C16 December 2022	21.1 °C	824 mm	113
2021	36.3 °C27 May 2021	3.5 °C2 January 2021	21.0 °C	1,075 mm	114
2020	37.4 °C4 June 2020	3.7 °C5 January 2020	21.4 °C	777 mm	140
2019	35.5 °C10 June 2019	4.3 °C28 January 2019	21.3 °C	774 mm	132
2018	37.9 °C1 June 2018	3.1 °C21 December 2018	20.7 °C	1,019 mm	99
2017	36.3 °C22 May 2017	5.6 °C12 December 2017	21.2 °C	802 mm	120
2016	36.0 °C25 May 2016	2.0 °C10 March 2016	21.0 °C	781 mm	107
2015	34.1 °C11 May 2015	5.3 °C15 December 2015	20.8 °C	921 mm	69
2014	33.6 °C20 May 2014	5.4 °C18 January 2014	20.4 °C	899 mm	88
2013	35.9 °C1 June 2013	7.5 °C3 March 2013	20.6 °C	1,037 mm	91
2012	36.0 °C11 June 2012	6.5 °C27 January 2012	21.1 °C	688 mm	115
2011	37.2 °C26 May 2011	3.4 °C1 January 2011	21.1 °C	646 mm	121
2010	36.2 °C7 May 2010	3.5 °C25 February 2010	20.0 °C	1,170 mm	88
2009	35.8 °C13 June 2009	5.4 °C23 December 2009	20.9 °C	724 mm	115
2008	35.9 °C11 May 2008	4.4 °C12 December 2008	20.2 °C	1,050 mm	67
2007	36.5 °C8 June 2007	6.6 °C28 January 2007	20.5 °C	845 mm	86
2006	35.0 °C23 May 2006	2.3 °C26 December 2006	20.7 °C	880 mm	118
2005	37.4 °C9 June 2005	6.3 °C13 January 2005	20.8 °C	679 mm	109
2004	34.5 °C25 May 2004	4.0 °C26 December 2004	20.1 °C	875 mm	63
2003	38.1 °C4 May 2003	3.7 °C21 December 2003	21.0 °C	852 mm	119
2002	36.9 °C4 May 2002	4.3 °C14 January 2002	21.1 °C	742 mm	120
2001	37.1 °C22 May 2001	5.8 °C28 December 2001	20.7 °C	717 mm	111
2000	35.9 °C20 April 2000	5.3 °C4 February 2000	20.7 °C	709 mm	97
1999	37.5 °C1 June 1999	2.9 °C22 December 1999	20.6 °C	802 mm	98
1998	37.0 °C13 May 1998	3.0 °C17 February 1998	21.0 °C	850 mm	110
1997	35.3 °C3 May 1997	0.5 °C14 December 1997	19.9 °C	874 mm	50
1996	34.4 °C21 May 1996	4.4 °C14 January 1996	20.6 °C	874 mm	77
1995	37.2 °C9 June 1995	5.9 °C23 January 1995	21.0 °C	936 mm	79
1994	35.9 °C9 May 1994	6.2 °C7 January 1994	21.1 °C	746 mm	96
1993	35.8 °C8 June 1993	3.4 °C11 February 1993	20.3 °C	847 mm	81
1992	35.4 °C23 June 1992	4.0 °C6 February 1992	19.7 °C	1,067 mm	70
1991	36.3 °C20 April 1991	3.9 °C16 January 1991	20.2 °C	996 mm	94
1990	35.8 °C28 May 1990	5.7 °C21 February 1990	20.2 °C	1,035 mm	67
1989	36.5 °C19 May 1989	4.9 °C25 December 1989	20.5 °C	738 mm	96
1988	36.0 °C28 April 1988	1.8 °C19 January 1988	20.6 °C	847 mm	81
1987	34.4 °C22 May 1987	3.0 °C22 January 1987	20.1 °C	736 mm	71
1986	36.7 °C12 May 1986	3.1 °C7 February 1986	20.0 °C	925 mm	78
1985	35.4 °C15 May 1985	1.8 °C6 January 1985	19.8 °C	831 mm	58
1984	35.0 °C23 May 1984	5.2 °C12 January 1984	19.7 °C	1,053 mm	71
1983	36.5 °C1 May 1983	2.5 °C23 January 1983	19.6 °C	878 mm	73
1982	37.3 °C4 June 1982	4.8 °C23 December 1982	20.7 °C	623 mm	108
1981	35.0 °C8 June 1981	4.4 °C26 January 1981	20.2 °C	1,001 mm	58
1980	37.0 °C1 June 1980	4.8 °C27 January 1980	20.3 °C	947 mm	86
1979	34.7 °C23 June 1979	3.3 °C26 November 1979	20.3 °C	680 mm	96
1978	35.8 °C13 May 1978	3.4 °C13 February 1978	19.9 °C	977 mm	61
1977	34.7 °C21 May 1977	6.6 °C17 December 1977	19.8 °C	901 mm	62
1976	34.8 °C27 May 1976	2.5 °C25 February 1976	19.7 °C	818 mm	70
1975	34.1 °C10 May 1975	3.0 °C29 December 1975	19.6 °C	790 mm	78
1974	34.5 °C17 May 1974	6.8 °C27 November 1974	19.6 °C	782 mm	52
1973	35.3 °C26 May 1973	4.5 °C13 January 1973	19.7 °C	904 mm	69
1972	34.8 °C22 May 1972	5.5 °C18 February 1972	20.3 °C	581 mm	59
1971	34.7 °C20 May 1971	4.4 °C8 February 1971	19.8 °C	724 mm	57
1970	34.2 °C25 April 1970	3.6 °C14 January 1970	19.7 °C	666 mm	73
1969	35.6 °C14 June 1969	5.3 °C11 December 1969	20.2 °C	510 mm	79
1968	33.6 °C27 May 1968	5.0 °C12 March 1968	19.6 °C	655 mm	64
1967	35.6 °C11 May 1967	3.7 °C8 February 1967	19.5 °C	830 mm	61
1966	35.1 °C13 May 1966	3.1 °C30 January 1966	19.4 °C	747 mm	54
1965	35.6 °C28 May 1965	5.1 °C23 January 1965	19.6 °C	796 mm	85
1964	35.1 °C5 May 1964	4.4 °C1 January 1964	19.9 °C	563 mm	76
1963	34.7 °C30 April 1963	2.9 °C25 December 1963	19.5 °C	890 mm	75
1962	34.9 °C5 June 1962	5.1 °C6 January 1962	19.9 °C	716 mm	79
1961	35.2 °C29 May 1961	4.6 °C12 February 1961	19.8 °C	672 mm	62
1960	34.6 °C5 June 1960	0.4 °C14 February 1960	19.8 °C	679 mm	89
1959	32.1 °C6 May 1959	5.5 °C17 December 1959	19.0 °C	1,028 mm	24
1958	34.8 °C29 April 1958	4.3 °C25 January 1958	19.4 °C	988 mm	71
1957	35.1 °C12 June 1957	5.6 °C25 March 1957	20.7 °C	384 mm	122
1956	35.5 °C8 May 1956	2.1 °C13 January 1956	20.0 °C	549 mm	79
1955	35.4 °C21 May 1955	1.5 °C24 January 1955	19.8 °C	719 mm	93
1954	35.9 °C4 June 1954	5.9 °C21 December 1954	20.3 °C	525 mm	75
1953	35.6 °C22 May 1953	4.1 °C14 December 1953	19.7 °C	580 mm	79
1952	35.0 °C9 May 1952	3.9 °C5 February 1952	19.6 °C	681 mm	68
1951	35.0 °C10 June 1951	5.5 °C4 January 1951	20.4 °C	699 mm	81
1950	34.4 °C17 May 1950	3.4 °C14 February 1950	20.0 °C	603 mm	74
1949	35.6 °C20 May 1949	5.4 °C5 November 1949	19.9 °C	674 mm	72
1948	34.3 °C2 May 1948	4.1 °C25 January 1948	19.2 °C	1,059 mm	54
1947	33.1 °C2 June 1947	3.9 °C2 January 1947	19.1 °C	787 mm	62
1946	35.6 °C17 May 1946	3.5 °C8 January 1946	19.6 °C	722 mm	68
1945	35.2 °C12 June 1945	5.4 °C5 December 1945	19.8 °C	674 mm	86
1944	34.9 °C5 June 1944	4.6 °C7 December 1944	19.1 °C	777 mm	59
1943	34.5 °C18 May 1943	5.3 °C6 February 1943	18.9 °C	872 mm	49
1942	34.5 °C11 June 1942	2.2 °C29 December 1942	19.4 °C	648 mm	60
1941	34.3 °C10 May 1941	3.6 °C10 February 1941	19.0 °C	902 mm	53
1940	34.2 °C1 June 1940	2.2 °C18 February 1940	19.0 °C	744 mm	48

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.3 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

130 d/yr

+46

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

991 mm

+185 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.7 °C	+1.7 °C	2 mm	-15 mm
Feb	29.2 °C	+3.2 °C	2 mm	-8 mm
Mar	31.0 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Apr	32.4 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
May	33.8 °C	+1.4 °C	11 mm	-5 mm
Jun	29.9 °C	-0.3 °C	240 mm	+108 mm
Jul	28.4 °C	+1.2 °C	181 mm	-28 mm
Aug	28.5 °C	+1.3 °C	256 mm	+67 mm
Sep	28.4 °C	+1.6 °C	246 mm	+97 mm
Oct	28.8 °C	+2.1 °C	40 mm	-12 mm
Nov	28.6 °C	+2.5 °C	1 mm	-10 mm
Dec	26.3 °C	+1.9 °C	13 mm	+2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.9 °C

21 May 2025

Coldest day

7.2 °C

18 Dec 2025

Wettest day

32.2 mm

23 Jun 2025

Windiest day

23.7 km/h

10 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

59.4 km/h

10 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

21 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.2 °C

18 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

27 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Zapopan?

Zapopan has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 806 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zapopan?

The hottest day measured in Zapopan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 2023, reaching 38.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Zapopan?

The coldest day measured in Zapopan between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1960, at 0.4 °C.

Does it snow in Zapopan?

Almost never: Zapopan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Zapopan warmed?

Yes: Zapopan warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Zapopan?

The wettest day measured in Zapopan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1968, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Zapopan?

The windiest day measured in Zapopan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1993, with winds reaching 29.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Zapopan?

The warmest month in Zapopan is May (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Zapopan?

Zapopan receives on average 806 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Zapopan?

Zapopan gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Zapopan?

Yes: Zapopan has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zapopan?

In Zapopan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 4 June 1982, and the lowest was -4.4 °C on 14 December 1997.

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