Córdoba climate

Name: Córdoba
Address: MX

Córdoba is warmest in May, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. April is the wettest month (257 mm) and December the driest (97 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Córdoba averages 2,043 mm of rain and 156 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 204,721 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month January 12 °C
Driest month December 97 mm
Wettest month April 257 mm
Least cloud March 53 % cloud
Hottest on record April 39 °C
Coldest on record March 4.0 °C

What to expectCórdoba through the year

Córdoba has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in January to 27 °C in May, a swing of 6.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 156 days a year reach 25 °C, 12 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 257 mm against 97 mm in December — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	21.0 °C	119 mm	61 %
February	22.7 °C	110 mm	54 %
March	24.7 °C	187 mm	53 %
April	26.7 °C	257 mm	54 %
May	26.9 °C	231 mm	60 %
June	25.9 °C	237 mm	71 %
July	25.6 °C	134 mm	66 %
August	25.7 °C	146 mm	68 %
September	24.9 °C	206 mm	76 %
October	23.8 °C	185 mm	69 %
November	22.1 °C	134 mm	64 %
December	21.3 °C	97 mm	59 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	21.0 °C	12.0 °C	16.1 °C	31.6 °C	4.3 °C	3	0
February	22.7 °C	12.5 °C	17.3 °C	36.0 °C	5.9 °C	6	0
March	24.7 °C	13.9 °C	19.0 °C	34.4 °C	4.0 °C	14	2
April	26.7 °C	15.8 °C	21.1 °C	39.4 °C	8.6 °C	21	4
May	26.9 °C	17.2 °C	22.1 °C	35.6 °C	10.9 °C	23	4
June	25.9 °C	17.6 °C	21.7 °C	33.4 °C	13.8 °C	20	1
July	25.6 °C	16.6 °C	21.1 °C	30.7 °C	12.9 °C	21	0
August	25.7 °C	17.0 °C	21.3 °C	30.2 °C	13.1 °C	22	0
September	24.9 °C	17.5 °C	21.0 °C	30.4 °C	12.7 °C	14	0
October	23.8 °C	16.3 °C	19.9 °C	30.6 °C	8.5 °C	7	0
November	22.1 °C	14.2 °C	18.0 °C	29.5 °C	4.9 °C	3	0
December	21.3 °C	12.5 °C	16.7 °C	30.3 °C	4.1 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	119 mm	16	11 h/day	61 %	84 %	10.0 km/h
February	110 mm	14	12 h/day	54 %	82 %	10 km/h
March	187 mm	17	12 h/day	53 %	79 %	11 km/h
April	257 mm	18	13 h/day	54 %	78 %	11 km/h
May	231 mm	20	13 h/day	60 %	80 %	9.9 km/h
June	237 mm	22	13 h/day	71 %	84 %	9.3 km/h
July	134 mm	17	13 h/day	66 %	81 %	9.4 km/h
August	146 mm	19	13 h/day	68 %	82 %	9.5 km/h
September	206 mm	24	12 h/day	76 %	86 %	9.1 km/h
October	185 mm	20	12 h/day	69 %	86 %	9.2 km/h
November	134 mm	16	11 h/day	64 %	85 %	9.3 km/h
December	97 mm	13	11 h/day	59 %	84 %	9.5 km/h

How Córdoba 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
Córdoba	27 °C	12 °C	2,043 mm	156
Tehuacán · Mexico	28 °C	9.8 °C	658 mm	171
Xalapa de Enríquez · Mexico	25 °C	11 °C	1,524 mm	54
Veracruz · Mexico	33 °C	19 °C	1,126 mm	329
Tuxtepec · Mexico	34 °C	19 °C	2,348 mm	328
Puebla · Mexico	26 °C	7.4 °C	864 mm	66

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Córdoba’s climate

When is the best time to visit Córdoba?

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

How hot does Córdoba get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 12 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 12 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Córdoba?

April, averaging 257 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is December with 97 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,043 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 Córdoba 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: 18.884°, -96.926° (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.