Nogales climate

Name: Nogales
Address: MX

Nogales is warmest in June, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.3 °C. August is the wettest month (90 mm) and May the driest (3.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nogales averages 423 mm of rain, 200 days above 25 °C and 26 days below freezing.

Mexico · population 264,782 · 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 June 34 °C
Coldest month January 2.3 °C
Driest month May 4 mm
Wettest month August 90 mm
Least cloud June 19 % cloud
Hottest on record June 42 °C
Coldest on record February -14 °C

What to expectNogales through the year

Nogales has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 34 °C in June, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 200 days a year reach 25 °C, 114 of them reach 30 °C, 26 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 90 mm against 4 mm in May — 24 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.7 °C	34 mm	36 %
February	17.9 °C	35 mm	39 %
March	21.3 °C	24 mm	31 %
April	25.1 °C	8 mm	22 %
May	29.6 °C	4 mm	19 %
June	34.3 °C	9 mm	19 %
July	32.7 °C	89 mm	49 %
August	31.5 °C	90 mm	45 %
September	30.3 °C	49 mm	27 %
October	26.6 °C	23 mm	21 %
November	21.2 °C	21 mm	29 %
December	16.3 °C	37 mm	37 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	16.7 °C	2.3 °C	8.7 °C	26.2 °C	-12.3 °C	0	0	8
February	17.9 °C	3.2 °C	10.0 °C	28.9 °C	-13.7 °C	1	0	5
March	21.3 °C	5.6 °C	13.3 °C	30.8 °C	-5.2 °C	6	0	2
April	25.1 °C	8.6 °C	17.1 °C	33.9 °C	-3.2 °C	17	3	0
May	29.6 °C	13.0 °C	21.9 °C	38.5 °C	3.4 °C	28	15	0
June	34.3 °C	18.5 °C	26.9 °C	42.3 °C	9.0 °C	30	28	0
July	32.7 °C	20.4 °C	26.5 °C	40.7 °C	14.8 °C	31	24	0
August	31.5 °C	19.5 °C	25.3 °C	38.3 °C	13.1 °C	31	21	0
September	30.3 °C	17.2 °C	23.7 °C	36.4 °C	9.9 °C	29	18	0
October	26.6 °C	12.0 °C	19.3 °C	34.8 °C	0.1 °C	21	6	0
November	21.2 °C	6.2 °C	13.3 °C	29.9 °C	-4.8 °C	6	0	2
December	16.3 °C	2.3 °C	8.4 °C	25.4 °C	-5.5 °C	0	0	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	34 mm	4	10 h/day	36 %	52 %	16 km/h
February	35 mm	5	11 h/day	39 %	50 %	18 km/h
March	24 mm	4	12 h/day	31 %	41 %	19 km/h
April	8 mm	1	13 h/day	22 %	29 %	21 km/h
May	4 mm	1	14 h/day	19 %	24 %	21 km/h
June	9 mm	2	14 h/day	19 %	24 %	19 km/h
July	89 mm	15	14 h/day	49 %	52 %	14 km/h
August	90 mm	16	13 h/day	45 %	61 %	12 km/h
September	49 mm	8	12 h/day	27 %	53 %	14 km/h
October	23 mm	3	11 h/day	21 %	42 %	17 km/h
November	21 mm	3	11 h/day	29 %	45 %	15 km/h
December	37 mm	4	10 h/day	37 %	54 %	15 km/h

How Nogales 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
Nogales	34 °C	2.3 °C	423 mm	200
Tucson · United States	38 °C	4.2 °C	251 mm	235
Hermosillo · Mexico	39 °C	9.4 °C	241 mm	298
Mesa · United States	41 °C	4.7 °C	270 mm	245
Phoenix · United States	41 °C	5.0 °C	249 mm	249

Where Nogales ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in North America in May	14th of 50	3.8 mm
The warmest places in North America in June	20th of 50	34 °C
The driest places in North America in April	29th of 50	7.9 mm
The driest places in North America in October	43rd of 50	23 mm
The driest places in North America year-round	43rd of 50	35 mm
The driest places in North America in June	48th of 50	9.0 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Nogales’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nogales?

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

How hot does Nogales get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 114 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 26 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Nogales?

August, averaging 90 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is May with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 423 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 Nogales 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
Data point: 31.309°, -110.942° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.