Puebla climate

Name: Puebla
Address: MX

Puebla is warmest in April, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.4 °C. September is the wettest month (178 mm) and December the driest (4.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Puebla averages 864 mm of rain and 66 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 1,692,181 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month January 7.4 °C
Driest month December 5 mm
Wettest month September 178 mm
Least cloud February 25 % cloud
Hottest on record May 32 °C
Coldest on record December 1.5 °C

What to expectPuebla through the year

Puebla has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in January to 26 °C in April, a swing of 4.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 66 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 178 mm against 5 mm in December — 37 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	21.0 °C	8 mm	31 %
February	22.7 °C	8 mm	25 %
March	24.6 °C	16 mm	28 %
April	25.8 °C	34 mm	37 %
May	25.1 °C	84 mm	50 %
June	22.7 °C	166 mm	70 %
July	22.3 °C	131 mm	69 %
August	22.5 °C	144 mm	71 %
September	21.2 °C	178 mm	76 %
October	21.5 °C	73 mm	59 %
November	21.7 °C	17 mm	39 %
December	21.4 °C	5 mm	31 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	21.0 °C	7.4 °C	13.9 °C	25.9 °C	1.6 °C	0	0
February	22.7 °C	8.5 °C	15.5 °C	29.1 °C	1.9 °C	3	0
March	24.6 °C	9.9 °C	17.2 °C	30.0 °C	1.9 °C	13	0
April	25.8 °C	12.0 °C	18.7 °C	30.3 °C	5.7 °C	20	0
May	25.1 °C	12.9 °C	18.7 °C	32.2 °C	8.1 °C	16	1
June	22.7 °C	13.3 °C	17.5 °C	30.7 °C	8.7 °C	5	0
July	22.3 °C	12.3 °C	16.9 °C	28.8 °C	7.9 °C	2	0
August	22.5 °C	12.8 °C	17.2 °C	28.1 °C	8.2 °C	4	0
September	21.2 °C	12.9 °C	16.5 °C	27.8 °C	6.4 °C	0	0
October	21.5 °C	11.5 °C	16.0 °C	26.2 °C	3.1 °C	1	0
November	21.7 °C	9.5 °C	15.2 °C	26.9 °C	2.0 °C	1	0
December	21.4 °C	8.0 °C	14.4 °C	26.6 °C	1.5 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	8 mm	1	11 h/day	31 %	53 %	17 km/h
February	8 mm	1	12 h/day	25 %	49 %	18 km/h
March	16 mm	4	12 h/day	28 %	46 %	19 km/h
April	34 mm	7	13 h/day	37 %	49 %	18 km/h
May	84 mm	16	13 h/day	50 %	59 %	14 km/h
June	166 mm	20	13 h/day	70 %	72 %	13 km/h
July	131 mm	18	13 h/day	69 %	72 %	13 km/h
August	144 mm	20	13 h/day	71 %	72 %	13 km/h
September	178 mm	21	12 h/day	76 %	77 %	13 km/h
October	73 mm	12	12 h/day	59 %	71 %	15 km/h
November	17 mm	4	11 h/day	39 %	61 %	16 km/h
December	5 mm	1	11 h/day	31 %	56 %	16 km/h

How Puebla 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
Puebla	26 °C	7.4 °C	864 mm	66
San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida · Mexico	25 °C	6.5 °C	993 mm	48
Cuautla · Mexico	32 °C	12 °C	1,091 mm	322
Xico · Mexico	26 °C	7.4 °C	1,420 mm	66

Where Puebla ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in March	11thof 50	93/100
The driest places in North America in December	11thof 50	4.8 mm
The coolest places in North America in August	17thof 50	22 °C
The coolest places in North America in July	18thof 50	22 °C
The driest places in North America in January	18thof 50	8.1 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in November	19thof 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Puebla’s climate

When is the best time to visit Puebla?

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 Puebla get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.4 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Puebla?

September, averaging 178 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is December with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 864 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 Puebla 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.