Mexicali climate

Name: Mexicali
Address: MX

Mexicali is warmest in July, with average highs of 43 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 9.1 °C. February is the wettest month (12 mm) and June the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mexicali averages 74 mm of rain, 265 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Mexico · population 1,032,686 · 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 July 43 °C
Coldest month December 9.1 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month February 12 mm
Least cloud June 10 % cloud
Hottest on record June 50 °C
Coldest on record January -0.7 °C

What to expectMexicali through the year

Mexicali has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in December to 43 °C in July, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 265 days a year reach 25 °C, 210 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 50 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 12 mm in February. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	21.4 °C	9 mm	34 %
February	23.7 °C	12 mm	34 %
March	27.8 °C	8 mm	28 %
April	31.6 °C	3 mm	20 %
May	35.7 °C	1 mm	16 %
June	40.6 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
July	42.7 °C	5 mm	20 %
August	42.2 °C	9 mm	17 %
September	39.0 °C	9 mm	12 %
October	32.7 °C	5 mm	15 %
November	25.6 °C	4 mm	24 %
December	20.3 °C	9 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	21.4 °C	9.6 °C	14.9 °C	30.2 °C	-0.7 °C	4	0
February	23.7 °C	10.7 °C	16.7 °C	32.0 °C	2.5 °C	11	1
March	27.8 °C	13.0 °C	20.0 °C	37.7 °C	4.6 °C	22	11
April	31.6 °C	15.4 °C	23.3 °C	42.4 °C	6.7 °C	27	20
May	35.7 °C	18.9 °C	27.4 °C	44.4 °C	10.4 °C	31	28
June	40.6 °C	23.2 °C	32.2 °C	50.2 °C	12.9 °C	30	30
July	42.7 °C	27.6 °C	35.4 °C	49.1 °C	19.1 °C	31	31
August	42.2 °C	28.0 °C	35.2 °C	48.4 °C	19.2 °C	31	31
September	39.0 °C	24.4 °C	31.7 °C	49.2 °C	15.0 °C	30	30
October	32.7 °C	18.4 °C	25.3 °C	42.8 °C	6.7 °C	29	24
November	25.6 °C	13.1 °C	18.9 °C	35.2 °C	4.1 °C	17	4
December	20.3 °C	9.1 °C	14.1 °C	28.2 °C	2.4 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	9 mm	1	10 h/day	34 %	41 %	13 km/h
February	12 mm	2	11 h/day	34 %	40 %	15 km/h
March	8 mm	1	12 h/day	28 %	34 %	17 km/h
April	3 mm	1	13 h/day	20 %	28 %	19 km/h
May	1 mm	0	14 h/day	16 %	27 %	18 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	10 %	24 %	16 km/h
July	5 mm	1	14 h/day	20 %	30 %	15 km/h
August	9 mm	2	13 h/day	17 %	33 %	14 km/h
September	9 mm	1	12 h/day	12 %	33 %	14 km/h
October	5 mm	1	11 h/day	15 %	32 %	13 km/h
November	4 mm	1	10 h/day	24 %	34 %	13 km/h
December	9 mm	1	10 h/day	32 %	41 %	12 km/h

How Mexicali 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
Mexicali	43 °C	9.1 °C	74 mm	265
San Luis Río Colorado · Mexico	42 °C	8.0 °C	81 mm	264
Ensenada · Mexico	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
Escondido · United States	29 °C	5.9 °C	412 mm	134

Where Mexicali ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in North America in June	1stof 50	0.2 mm
The driest places in North America in November	1stof 50	4.2 mm
The driest places in North America year-round	1stof 50	6.2 mm
The warmest places in North America in August	1stof 50	42 °C
The warmest places in North America in July	1stof 50	43 °C
The warmest places in North America in June	1stof 50	41 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Mexicali’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mexicali?

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

How hot does Mexicali get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 43 °C. About 210 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 50 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.1 °C in December, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Mexicali?

February, averaging 12 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 74 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 Mexicali 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.