Ensenada climate

Name: Ensenada
Address: MX

Ensenada is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.2 °C. February is the wettest month (74 mm) and June the driest (1.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ensenada averages 296 mm of rain and 111 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 443,807 · 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 August 28 °C
Coldest month January 9.2 °C
Driest month June 1 mm
Wettest month February 74 mm
Least cloud September 19 % cloud
Hottest on record June 38 °C
Coldest on record January 1.0 °C
Warmest sea August 20 °C

What to expectEnsenada through the year

Ensenada has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 28 °C in August, a swing of 10 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 111 days a year reach 25 °C, 22 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. February averages 74 mm against 1 mm in June — 71 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Ensenada is warmest in August at 20 °C and coldest in February at 15 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.7 °C	57 mm	41 %
February	18.3 °C	74 mm	46 %
March	19.1 °C	49 mm	41 %
April	20.5 °C	22 mm	35 %
May	21.7 °C	7 mm	33 %
June	24.2 °C	1 mm	24 %
July	26.6 °C	1 mm	26 %
August	27.8 °C	2 mm	20 %
September	27.3 °C	5 mm	19 %
October	24.5 °C	12 mm	26 %
November	21.5 °C	21 mm	33 %
December	18.4 °C	45 mm	39 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.7 °C	9.2 °C	13.5 °C	28.3 °C	1.0 °C	1	0
February	18.3 °C	9.6 °C	13.6 °C	29.3 °C	3.1 °C	1	0
March	19.1 °C	10.6 °C	14.6 °C	31.4 °C	3.9 °C	2	0
April	20.5 °C	12.1 °C	16.0 °C	32.5 °C	4.2 °C	4	0
May	21.7 °C	14.3 °C	17.7 °C	34.8 °C	7.6 °C	5	1
June	24.2 °C	16.7 °C	20.1 °C	37.9 °C	10.4 °C	12	1
July	26.6 °C	19.5 °C	22.7 °C	35.1 °C	14.1 °C	22	3
August	27.8 °C	20.6 °C	23.8 °C	35.7 °C	15.0 °C	26	7
September	27.3 °C	19.4 °C	23.0 °C	36.0 °C	12.1 °C	22	7
October	24.5 °C	15.9 °C	19.9 °C	36.3 °C	8.1 °C	13	3
November	21.5 °C	12.2 °C	16.4 °C	32.3 °C	3.3 °C	5	0
December	18.4 °C	9.3 °C	13.4 °C	28.8 °C	2.5 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	57 mm	5	10 h/day	41 %	67 %	14 km/h	15.6 °C
February	74 mm	6	11 h/day	46 %	71 %	15 km/h	15.3 °C
March	49 mm	5	12 h/day	41 %	72 %	16 km/h	15.5 °C
April	22 mm	3	13 h/day	35 %	70 %	17 km/h	16.0 °C
May	7 mm	2	14 h/day	33 %	70 %	16 km/h	16.8 °C
June	1 mm	0	14 h/day	24 %	69 %	14 km/h	17.8 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	26 %	69 %	13 km/h	19.3 °C
August	2 mm	0	13 h/day	20 %	68 %	14 km/h	20.3 °C
September	5 mm	1	12 h/day	19 %	67 %	14 km/h	20.2 °C
October	12 mm	2	11 h/day	26 %	65 %	14 km/h	19.2 °C
November	21 mm	3	11 h/day	33 %	63 %	13 km/h	17.7 °C
December	45 mm	5	10 h/day	39 %	66 %	13 km/h	16.4 °C

How Ensenada 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
Ensenada	28 °C	9.2 °C	296 mm	111
Tijuana · Mexico	25 °C	9.1 °C	330 mm	46
San Diego · United States	25 °C	8.8 °C	311 mm	63
Mexicali · Mexico	43 °C	9.1 °C	74 mm	265
Escondido · United States	29 °C	5.9 °C	412 mm	134
Oceanside · United States	26 °C	8.6 °C	372 mm	62
San Luis Río Colorado · Mexico	42 °C	8.0 °C	81 mm	264

Where Ensenada ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in June	1stof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in North America in May	1stof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in North America in November	1stof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in North America year-round	1stof 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in North America in October	3rdof 50	96/100
The driest places in North America in June	4thof 50	1.0 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ensenada’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ensenada?

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

How hot does Ensenada get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 22 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 9.2 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ensenada?

February, averaging 74 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is June with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 296 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 Ensenada 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.