Magdalena Contreras climate

Name: Magdalena Contreras
Address: MX

Magdalena Contreras is warmest in April, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.8 °C. July is the wettest month (226 mm) and December the driest (18 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Magdalena Contreras averages 1,298 mm of rain, 41 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Mexico · population 238,431 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month January 5.8 °C
Driest month December 18 mm
Wettest month July 226 mm
Least cloud March 33 % cloud
Hottest on record May 33 °C
Coldest on record February -1.8 °C

What to expectMagdalena Contreras through the year

Magdalena Contreras has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 25 °C in April, a swing of 5.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 41 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 226 mm against 18 mm in December — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.6 °C	30 mm	40 %
February	21.6 °C	27 mm	33 %
March	23.5 °C	40 mm	33 %
April	24.5 °C	75 mm	42 %
May	24.1 °C	128 mm	53 %
June	22.2 °C	205 mm	74 %
July	20.6 °C	226 mm	80 %
August	20.7 °C	216 mm	81 %
September	20.0 °C	194 mm	84 %
October	19.9 °C	98 mm	70 %
November	19.7 °C	41 mm	51 %
December	19.7 °C	18 mm	41 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	19.6 °C	5.8 °C	12.1 °C	25.9 °C	-0.1 °C	0
February	21.6 °C	6.8 °C	13.7 °C	29.8 °C	-1.8 °C	2
March	23.5 °C	8.1 °C	15.4 °C	31.0 °C	-1.3 °C	8
April	24.5 °C	9.7 °C	16.8 °C	32.2 °C	3.7 °C	13
May	24.1 °C	10.7 °C	17.1 °C	32.5 °C	4.7 °C	11
June	22.2 °C	11.7 °C	16.5 °C	29.9 °C	7.3 °C	5
July	20.6 °C	11.2 °C	15.4 °C	25.3 °C	7.1 °C	0
August	20.7 °C	11.4 °C	15.4 °C	26.8 °C	7.1 °C	0
September	20.0 °C	11.5 °C	15.1 °C	26.5 °C	4.2 °C	0
October	19.9 °C	9.7 °C	14.2 °C	26.9 °C	0.5 °C	0
November	19.7 °C	7.8 °C	13.2 °C	26.5 °C	-1.5 °C	0
December	19.7 °C	6.4 °C	12.5 °C	26.3 °C	-1.4 °C	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	30 mm	5	11 h/day	40 %	62 %	12 km/h
February	27 mm	5	12 h/day	33 %	57 %	13 km/h
March	40 mm	8	12 h/day	33 %	51 %	14 km/h
April	75 mm	12	13 h/day	42 %	53 %	13 km/h
May	128 mm	16	13 h/day	53 %	62 %	11 km/h
June	205 mm	21	13 h/day	74 %	74 %	9.8 km/h
July	226 mm	27	13 h/day	80 %	81 %	8.7 km/h
August	216 mm	25	13 h/day	81 %	81 %	9.0 km/h
September	194 mm	23	12 h/day	84 %	83 %	9.4 km/h
October	98 mm	15	12 h/day	70 %	78 %	10 km/h
November	41 mm	7	11 h/day	51 %	71 %	10 km/h
December	18 mm	4	11 h/day	41 %	64 %	11 km/h

How Magdalena Contreras 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
Magdalena Contreras	25 °C	5.8 °C	1,298 mm	41
Coyoacán · Mexico	25 °C	6.3 °C	1,298 mm	58
Tlalpan · Mexico	25 °C	7.0 °C	1,291 mm	49
Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos · Mexico	23 °C	3.7 °C	1,333 mm	15
Mexico City · Mexico	25 °C	6.9 °C	1,006 mm	60
Iztapalapa · Mexico	25 °C	7.0 °C	1,460 mm	62
Gustavo Adolfo Madero · Mexico	25 °C	5.9 °C	786 mm	55

Where Magdalena Contreras ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in North America in August	8thof 50	21 °C
The coolest places in North America in July	9thof 50	21 °C
The coolest places in North America in September	20thof 50	20 °C
The coolest places in North America in June	31stof 50	22 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Magdalena Contreras’s climate

When is the best time to visit Magdalena Contreras?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, June 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 Magdalena Contreras get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Magdalena Contreras?

July, averaging 226 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 18 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,298 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 Magdalena Contreras 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.