Cuernavaca climate

Name: Cuernavaca
Address: MX

Cuernavaca is warmest in April, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.5 °C. September is the wettest month (274 mm) and December the driest (6.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cuernavaca averages 1,303 mm of rain and 182 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 338,650 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 9.5 °C
Driest month December 6 mm
Wettest month September 274 mm
Least cloud February 26 % cloud
Hottest on record May 35 °C
Coldest on record January 3.2 °C

What to expectCuernavaca through the year

Cuernavaca has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 30 °C in April, a swing of 5.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 182 days a year reach 25 °C, 29 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 274 mm against 6 mm in December — 44 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.8 °C	10 mm	32 %
February	25.9 °C	11 mm	26 %
March	28.1 °C	12 mm	27 %
April	29.7 °C	27 mm	36 %
May	28.5 °C	128 mm	50 %
June	25.2 °C	246 mm	74 %
July	24.8 °C	196 mm	75 %
August	24.7 °C	247 mm	77 %
September	23.6 °C	274 mm	80 %
October	24.0 °C	118 mm	63 %
November	24.0 °C	29 mm	41 %
December	23.8 °C	6 mm	32 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.8 °C	9.5 °C	16.5 °C	27.7 °C	3.2 °C	9	0
February	25.9 °C	10.5 °C	18.2 °C	31.8 °C	3.7 °C	20	0
March	28.1 °C	12.0 °C	20.2 °C	32.7 °C	4.3 °C	29	5
April	29.7 °C	14.2 °C	22.2 °C	33.4 °C	9.1 °C	29	14
May	28.5 °C	15.1 °C	21.9 °C	35.0 °C	10.4 °C	28	9
June	25.2 °C	15.5 °C	20.1 °C	34.5 °C	11.8 °C	14	1
July	24.8 °C	14.9 °C	19.7 °C	30.5 °C	10.2 °C	14	0
August	24.7 °C	15.3 °C	19.7 °C	28.9 °C	11.7 °C	14	0
September	23.6 °C	15.1 °C	18.9 °C	27.3 °C	11.0 °C	5	0
October	24.0 °C	13.9 °C	18.5 °C	29.3 °C	6.1 °C	7	0
November	24.0 °C	11.7 °C	17.5 °C	28.7 °C	4.2 °C	8	0
December	23.8 °C	10.0 °C	16.6 °C	28.5 °C	4.1 °C	7	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	10 mm	1	11 h/day	32 %	52 %	11 km/h
February	11 mm	2	12 h/day	26 %	47 %	12 km/h
March	12 mm	2	12 h/day	27 %	41 %	13 km/h
April	27 mm	6	13 h/day	36 %	41 %	13 km/h
May	128 mm	16	13 h/day	50 %	56 %	11 km/h
June	246 mm	25	13 h/day	74 %	74 %	8.7 km/h
July	196 mm	25	13 h/day	75 %	74 %	8.3 km/h
August	247 mm	27	13 h/day	77 %	76 %	8.1 km/h
September	274 mm	26	12 h/day	80 %	80 %	8.1 km/h
October	118 mm	16	12 h/day	63 %	74 %	9.0 km/h
November	29 mm	6	11 h/day	41 %	65 %	9.6 km/h
December	6 mm	1	11 h/day	32 %	57 %	10.0 km/h

How Cuernavaca 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
Cuernavaca	30 °C	9.5 °C	1,303 mm	182
Jiutepec · Mexico	31 °C	11 °C	736 mm	267
Cuautla · Mexico	32 °C	12 °C	1,091 mm	322
Tlalpan · Mexico	25 °C	7.0 °C	1,291 mm	49
Magdalena Contreras · Mexico	25 °C	5.8 °C	1,298 mm	41
Coyoacán · Mexico	25 °C	6.3 °C	1,298 mm	58
Xico · Mexico	26 °C	7.4 °C	1,420 mm	66

Where Cuernavaca ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in December	7thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in North America in January	9thof 50	95/100
The driest places in North America in December	15thof 50	6.2 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in November	26thof 50	95/100
The driest places in North America in January	26thof 50	9.9 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in February	32ndof 50	92/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Cuernavaca’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cuernavaca?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, June, August 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 Cuernavaca get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 29 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.5 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Cuernavaca?

September, averaging 274 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is December with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,303 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 Cuernavaca 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.