Cuautla climate

Name: Cuautla
Address: MX

Cuautla is warmest in April, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. September is the wettest month (275 mm) and December the driest (2.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cuautla averages 1,091 mm of rain and 322 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 157,336 · 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 April 32 °C
Coldest month January 12 °C
Driest month December 3 mm
Wettest month September 275 mm
Least cloud February 22 % cloud
Hottest on record May 38 °C
Coldest on record November 5.3 °C

What to expectCuautla through the year

Cuautla has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 32 °C in April, a swing of 6.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 322 days a year reach 25 °C, 81 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 275 mm against 3 mm in December — 103 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.4 °C	5 mm	28 %
February	28.4 °C	5 mm	22 %
March	30.5 °C	4 mm	23 %
April	32.1 °C	9 mm	32 %
May	31.2 °C	58 mm	45 %
June	27.9 °C	208 mm	71 %
July	27.4 °C	186 mm	71 %
August	27.2 °C	225 mm	73 %
September	25.9 °C	275 mm	77 %
October	26.3 °C	95 mm	59 %
November	26.5 °C	17 mm	36 %
December	26.3 °C	3 mm	28 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.4 °C	11.8 °C	18.9 °C	30.3 °C	6.3 °C	25	0
February	28.4 °C	13.1 °C	20.8 °C	33.7 °C	6.6 °C	26	6
March	30.5 °C	15.1 °C	23.0 °C	36.5 °C	6.1 °C	31	18
April	32.1 °C	17.5 °C	25.0 °C	36.9 °C	11.9 °C	30	26
May	31.2 °C	18.1 °C	24.6 °C	37.6 °C	13.1 °C	31	21
June	27.9 °C	17.9 °C	22.5 °C	36.3 °C	13.3 °C	27	5
July	27.4 °C	16.9 °C	21.9 °C	35.0 °C	12.6 °C	28	2
August	27.2 °C	17.2 °C	21.9 °C	31.4 °C	12.6 °C	27	2
September	25.9 °C	17.0 °C	21.0 °C	29.6 °C	12.8 °C	22	0
October	26.3 °C	15.7 °C	20.6 °C	32.3 °C	7.6 °C	26	0
November	26.5 °C	13.6 °C	19.8 °C	31.3 °C	5.3 °C	25	1
December	26.3 °C	12.1 °C	19.0 °C	30.2 °C	6.3 °C	25	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	1	11 h/day	28 %	47 %	8.7 km/h
February	5 mm	1	12 h/day	22 %	43 %	9.5 km/h
March	4 mm	1	12 h/day	23 %	37 %	11 km/h
April	9 mm	2	13 h/day	32 %	38 %	12 km/h
May	58 mm	11	13 h/day	45 %	53 %	11 km/h
June	208 mm	23	13 h/day	71 %	71 %	8.9 km/h
July	186 mm	24	13 h/day	71 %	72 %	8.5 km/h
August	225 mm	26	13 h/day	73 %	74 %	8.4 km/h
September	275 mm	26	12 h/day	77 %	79 %	7.9 km/h
October	95 mm	13	12 h/day	59 %	73 %	8.3 km/h
November	17 mm	4	11 h/day	36 %	62 %	8.4 km/h
December	3 mm	0	11 h/day	28 %	53 %	8.3 km/h

How Cuautla 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
Cuautla	32 °C	12 °C	1,091 mm	322
Jiutepec · Mexico	31 °C	11 °C	736 mm	267
Cuernavaca · Mexico	30 °C	9.5 °C	1,303 mm	182
Xico · Mexico	26 °C	7.4 °C	1,420 mm	66
Tlalpan · Mexico	25 °C	7.0 °C	1,291 mm	49
Iztapalapa · Mexico	25 °C	7.0 °C	1,460 mm	62
Coyoacán · Mexico	25 °C	6.3 °C	1,298 mm	58

Where Cuautla ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in North America in December	2ndof 50	2.7 mm
The driest places in North America in January	8thof 50	4.7 mm
The driest places in North America in March	8thof 50	4.5 mm
The driest places in North America in February	10thof 50	4.8 mm
The warmest places in North America in April	15thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in North America in March	23rdof 50	30 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Cuautla’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cuautla?

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

How hot does Cuautla get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 81 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °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 Cuautla?

September, averaging 275 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is December with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,091 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 Cuautla 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: 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.