Chihuahua climate

Name: Chihuahua
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Chihuahua is warmest in June, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.8 °C. July is the wettest month (65 mm) and March the driest (6.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chihuahua averages 295 mm of rain, 221 days above 25 °C and 11 days below freezing.

Mexico · population 925,762 · 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 June 34 °C
Coldest month January 3.8 °C
Driest month March 7 mm
Wettest month July 65 mm
Least cloud October 26 % cloud
Hottest on record May 39 °C
Coldest on record February -13 °C

What to expectChihuahua through the year

Chihuahua has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 34 °C in June, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 221 days a year reach 25 °C, 111 of them reach 30 °C, 11 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 65 mm against 7 mm in March — 9.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.5 °C	11 mm	36 %
February	21.3 °C	8 mm	37 %
March	24.7 °C	7 mm	34 %
April	28.5 °C	7 mm	32 %
May	32.0 °C	13 mm	27 %
June	34.0 °C	19 mm	30 %
July	31.3 °C	65 mm	47 %
August	30.0 °C	65 mm	44 %
September	28.0 °C	55 mm	39 %
October	26.4 °C	21 mm	26 %
November	22.0 °C	15 mm	30 %
December	18.5 °C	10 mm	36 %

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	18.5 °C	3.8 °C	10.4 °C	27.3 °C	-6.3 °C	1	0	4
February	21.3 °C	5.7 °C	12.9 °C	31.2 °C	-13.4 °C	5	0	1
March	24.7 °C	8.5 °C	16.3 °C	33.8 °C	-3.4 °C	16	1	0
April	28.5 °C	12.0 °C	20.2 °C	36.1 °C	1.4 °C	26	10	0
May	32.0 °C	15.9 °C	24.2 °C	39.4 °C	5.1 °C	30	24	0
June	34.0 °C	20.3 °C	27.4 °C	39.4 °C	12.5 °C	30	27	0
July	31.3 °C	20.3 °C	25.7 °C	38.2 °C	15.4 °C	30	21	0
August	30.0 °C	19.7 °C	24.8 °C	37.1 °C	14.4 °C	30	16	0
September	28.0 °C	17.5 °C	22.7 °C	34.1 °C	9.8 °C	25	9	0
October	26.4 °C	13.0 °C	19.5 °C	33.4 °C	0.3 °C	22	3	0
November	22.0 °C	8.0 °C	14.4 °C	30.2 °C	-4.7 °C	6	0	1
December	18.5 °C	4.1 °C	10.4 °C	26.8 °C	-6.1 °C	1	0	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	2	11 h/day	36 %	47 %	16 km/h
February	8 mm	2	11 h/day	37 %	39 %	18 km/h
March	7 mm	1	12 h/day	34 %	30 %	20 km/h
April	7 mm	1	13 h/day	32 %	25 %	21 km/h
May	13 mm	3	14 h/day	27 %	25 %	18 km/h
June	19 mm	3	14 h/day	30 %	33 %	17 km/h
July	65 mm	9	14 h/day	47 %	52 %	15 km/h
August	65 mm	9	13 h/day	44 %	57 %	13 km/h
September	55 mm	8	12 h/day	39 %	58 %	13 km/h
October	21 mm	3	12 h/day	26 %	49 %	14 km/h
November	15 mm	2	11 h/day	30 %	48 %	15 km/h
December	10 mm	2	10 h/day	36 %	48 %	15 km/h

How Chihuahua 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
Chihuahua	34 °C	3.8 °C	295 mm	221
Cuauhtémoc · Mexico	29 °C	1.0 °C	426 mm	104
Ciudad Juárez · Mexico	36 °C	1.6 °C	196 mm	209
Ciudad Obregón · Mexico	38 °C	11 °C	337 mm	326
Los Mochis · Mexico	35 °C	13 °C	339 mm	329
Torreón · Mexico	35 °C	8.6 °C	205 mm	289
Culiacán · Mexico	36 °C	13 °C	649 mm	351

Where Chihuahua ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in North America in March	16th of 50	6.9 mm
The driest places in North America year-round	18th of 50	25 mm
The warmest places in North America in June	22nd of 50	34 °C
The driest places in North America in February	23rd of 50	7.6 mm
The driest places in North America in April	27th of 50	7.4 mm
The driest places in North America in November	27th of 50	15 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Chihuahua.

QuestionsCommon questions about Chihuahua’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chihuahua?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Chihuahua get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 111 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 11 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Chihuahua?

July, averaging 65 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is March with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 295 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 Chihuahua 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
Data point: 28.635°, -106.089° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.