Poza Rica de Hidalgo climate

Name: Poza Rica de Hidalgo
Address: MX

Poza Rica de Hidalgo is warmest in May, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 16 °C. September is the wettest month (248 mm) and February the driest (48 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Poza Rica de Hidalgo averages 1,463 mm of rain and 294 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 185,242 · 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 May 32 °C
Coldest month January 16 °C
Driest month February 48 mm
Wettest month September 248 mm
Least cloud May 60 % cloud
Hottest on record April 42 °C
Coldest on record December 2.9 °C

What to expectPoza Rica de Hidalgo through the year

Poza Rica de Hidalgo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 32 °C in May, a swing of 8.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 294 days a year reach 25 °C, 137 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 248 mm against 48 mm in February — 5.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.6 °C	55 mm	70 %
February	25.2 °C	48 mm	69 %
March	27.6 °C	53 mm	64 %
April	30.3 °C	72 mm	61 %
May	31.7 °C	105 mm	60 %
June	31.3 °C	169 mm	65 %
July	30.6 °C	160 mm	67 %
August	30.9 °C	167 mm	64 %
September	29.8 °C	248 mm	72 %
October	28.3 °C	214 mm	65 %
November	25.9 °C	116 mm	64 %
December	24.2 °C	56 mm	69 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.6 °C	15.7 °C	19.0 °C	32.0 °C	4.7 °C	11	0
February	25.2 °C	16.8 °C	20.2 °C	33.6 °C	5.9 °C	16	1
March	27.6 °C	18.6 °C	22.4 °C	37.9 °C	8.5 °C	25	7
April	30.3 °C	21.0 °C	25.0 °C	41.8 °C	12.5 °C	28	17
May	31.7 °C	22.8 °C	26.7 °C	40.4 °C	14.7 °C	31	23
June	31.3 °C	23.5 °C	27.0 °C	40.9 °C	19.2 °C	30	22
July	30.6 °C	23.2 °C	26.6 °C	37.1 °C	19.6 °C	31	21
August	30.9 °C	23.2 °C	26.7 °C	37.3 °C	20.2 °C	31	23
September	29.8 °C	22.7 °C	25.8 °C	36.4 °C	16.9 °C	29	15
October	28.3 °C	20.8 °C	24.1 °C	33.8 °C	11.8 °C	28	7
November	25.9 °C	18.3 °C	21.6 °C	31.9 °C	6.9 °C	20	1
December	24.2 °C	16.6 °C	19.8 °C	31.5 °C	2.9 °C	14	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	55 mm	9	11 h/day	70 %	84 %	11 km/h
February	48 mm	8	11 h/day	69 %	84 %	11 km/h
March	53 mm	8	12 h/day	64 %	82 %	12 km/h
April	72 mm	8	13 h/day	61 %	80 %	13 km/h
May	105 mm	12	13 h/day	60 %	81 %	13 km/h
June	169 mm	20	13 h/day	65 %	83 %	12 km/h
July	160 mm	23	13 h/day	67 %	84 %	11 km/h
August	167 mm	24	13 h/day	64 %	84 %	11 km/h
September	248 mm	23	12 h/day	72 %	86 %	11 km/h
October	214 mm	16	12 h/day	65 %	84 %	11 km/h
November	116 mm	12	11 h/day	64 %	84 %	11 km/h
December	56 mm	9	11 h/day	69 %	84 %	11 km/h

How Poza Rica de Hidalgo 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
Poza Rica de Hidalgo	32 °C	16 °C	1,463 mm	294
Xalapa de Enríquez · Mexico	25 °C	11 °C	1,524 mm	54
Pachuca de Soto · Mexico	24 °C	5.3 °C	716 mm	34
San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida · Mexico	25 °C	6.5 °C	993 mm	48
Puebla · Mexico	26 °C	7.4 °C	864 mm	66

Where Poza Rica de Hidalgo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in May	39th of 50	32 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Poza Rica de Hidalgo.

QuestionsCommon questions about Poza Rica de Hidalgo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Poza Rica de Hidalgo?

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

How hot does Poza Rica de Hidalgo get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 137 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 16 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Poza Rica de Hidalgo?

September, averaging 248 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is February with 48 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,463 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 Poza Rica de Hidalgo 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: 20.533°, -97.459° (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.