Aguascalientes climate
Aguascalientes is warmest in May, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.1 °C. July is the wettest month (113 mm) and April the driest (5.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Aguascalientes averages 493 mm of rain, 188 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.
Mexico · population 722,250 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month May 30 °C
- Coldest month January 7.1 °C
- Driest month April 6 mm
- Wettest month July 113 mm
- Least cloud March 33 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 37 °C
- Coldest on record December -3.2 °C
What to expectAguascalientes through the year
Aguascalientes has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in January to 30 °C in May, a swing of 8.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 188 days a year reach 25 °C, 40 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 113 mm against 6 mm in April — 20 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.3 °C | 17 mm | 40 % |
| February | 23.6 °C | 13 mm | 34 % |
| March | 26.4 °C | 7 mm | 33 % |
| April | 28.9 °C | 6 mm | 38 % |
| May | 30.0 °C | 26 mm | 36 % |
| June | 28.1 °C | 76 mm | 51 % |
| July | 25.8 °C | 113 mm | 61 % |
| August | 25.9 °C | 90 mm | 57 % |
| September | 24.5 °C | 89 mm | 65 % |
| October | 24.7 °C | 36 mm | 46 % |
| November | 23.4 °C | 12 mm | 34 % |
| December | 21.9 °C | 8 mm | 40 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.3 °C | 7.1 °C | 13.8 °C | 26.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 23.6 °C | 8.3 °C | 15.6 °C | 30.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 26.4 °C | 10.2 °C | 18.2 °C | 33.3 °C | 2.0 °C | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| April | 28.9 °C | 12.7 °C | 20.9 °C | 33.7 °C | 6.6 °C | 28 | 10 | 0 |
| May | 30.0 °C | 14.9 °C | 22.5 °C | 37.1 °C | 9.3 °C | 30 | 17 | 0 |
| June | 28.1 °C | 15.7 °C | 21.5 °C | 34.9 °C | 11.1 °C | 24 | 9 | 0 |
| July | 25.8 °C | 14.6 °C | 19.7 °C | 32.3 °C | 9.6 °C | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| August | 25.9 °C | 14.7 °C | 19.8 °C | 33.1 °C | 11.5 °C | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 24.5 °C | 14.2 °C | 18.8 °C | 30.6 °C | 7.8 °C | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 24.7 °C | 12.4 °C | 18.1 °C | 30.5 °C | 4.6 °C | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 23.4 °C | 9.8 °C | 16.2 °C | 29.1 °C | 0.3 °C | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 21.9 °C | 7.9 °C | 14.5 °C | 26.8 °C | -3.2 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 40 % | 49 % | 18 km/h |
| February | 13 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 34 % | 44 % | 19 km/h |
| March | 7 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 33 % | 34 % | 20 km/h |
| April | 6 mm | 1 | 13 h/day | 38 % | 31 % | 20 km/h |
| May | 26 mm | 6 | 13 h/day | 36 % | 39 % | 18 km/h |
| June | 76 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 51 % | 58 % | 17 km/h |
| July | 113 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 61 % | 68 % | 16 km/h |
| August | 90 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 57 % | 67 % | 16 km/h |
| September | 89 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 65 % | 71 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 36 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 46 % | 61 % | 16 km/h |
| November | 12 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 34 % | 53 % | 16 km/h |
| December | 8 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 40 % | 50 % | 16 km/h |
How Aguascalientes compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguascalientes | 30 °C | 7.1 °C | 493 mm | 188 |
| Guadalupe · Mexico | 27 °C | 4.9 °C | 552 mm | 91 |
| León de los Aldama · Mexico | 30 °C | 8.3 °C | 568 mm | 199 |
| San Luis Potosí · Mexico | 29 °C | 6.7 °C | 487 mm | 163 |
| Irapuato · Mexico | 31 °C | 8.6 °C | 646 mm | 256 |
| Tonalá · Mexico | 31 °C | 10 °C | 660 mm | 213 |
| Zapopan · Mexico | 32 °C | 9.6 °C | 819 mm | 272 |
Where Aguascalientes ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The driest places in North America in November | 13thof 50 | 12 mm |
| Places with the best weather in North America in November | 14thof 50 | 96/100 |
| Places with the best weather in North America year-round | 16thof 50 | 86/100 |
| Places with the best weather in North America in October | 17thof 50 | 94/100 |
| The driest places in North America in March | 17thof 50 | 7.4 mm |
| The driest places in North America in April | 20thof 50 | 5.7 mm |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Aguascalientes.
QuestionsCommon questions about Aguascalientes’s climate
When is the best time to visit Aguascalientes?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Aguascalientes get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 40 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 7.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Aguascalientes?
July, averaging 113 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is April with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 493 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Aguascalientes rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.