Santiago de Querétaro climate

Name: Santiago de Querétaro
Address: MX

Santiago de Querétaro is warmest in May, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.3 °C. July is the wettest month (129 mm) and December the driest (4.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Santiago de Querétaro averages 628 mm of rain, 205 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Mexico · population 1,594,212 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 8.3 °C
Driest month December 4 mm
Wettest month July 129 mm
Least cloud March 32 % cloud
Hottest on record May 36 °C
Coldest on record December -1.8 °C

What to expectSantiago de Querétaro through the year

Santiago de Querétaro has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in January to 30 °C in May, a swing of 7.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 205 days a year reach 25 °C, 45 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 129 mm against 4 mm in December — 31 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.9 °C	11 mm	41 %
February	25.2 °C	13 mm	34 %
March	27.7 °C	10 mm	32 %
April	29.8 °C	14 mm	38 %
May	29.8 °C	43 mm	42 %
June	27.3 °C	115 mm	61 %
July	25.5 °C	129 mm	70 %
August	25.7 °C	112 mm	68 %
September	24.3 °C	120 mm	73 %
October	24.1 °C	43 mm	59 %
November	23.7 °C	13 mm	43 %
December	23.3 °C	4 mm	41 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	22.9 °C	8.3 °C	14.8 °C	27.9 °C	0.8 °C	6	0
February	25.2 °C	9.4 °C	16.6 °C	31.7 °C	2.0 °C	17	0
March	27.7 °C	11.0 °C	18.9 °C	34.3 °C	1.8 °C	27	5
April	29.8 °C	13.3 °C	21.2 °C	34.6 °C	7.5 °C	28	15
May	29.8 °C	14.7 °C	21.8 °C	36.3 °C	7.0 °C	29	16
June	27.3 °C	15.1 °C	20.4 °C	35.0 °C	10.1 °C	22	7
July	25.5 °C	14.6 °C	19.1 °C	32.5 °C	10.1 °C	17	0
August	25.7 °C	14.7 °C	19.3 °C	31.7 °C	10.5 °C	19	1
September	24.3 °C	14.5 °C	18.4 °C	30.6 °C	6.1 °C	10	0
October	24.1 °C	12.7 °C	17.5 °C	30.7 °C	1.8 °C	12	0
November	23.7 °C	10.6 °C	16.2 °C	29.8 °C	0.2 °C	10	0
December	23.3 °C	9.1 °C	15.4 °C	28.2 °C	-1.8 °C	7	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	2	11 h/day	41 %	56 %	16 km/h
February	13 mm	2	11 h/day	34 %	52 %	16 km/h
March	10 mm	2	12 h/day	32 %	46 %	18 km/h
April	14 mm	3	13 h/day	38 %	44 %	18 km/h
May	43 mm	8	13 h/day	42 %	52 %	16 km/h
June	115 mm	13	13 h/day	61 %	67 %	15 km/h
July	129 mm	17	13 h/day	70 %	73 %	15 km/h
August	112 mm	15	13 h/day	68 %	73 %	15 km/h
September	120 mm	14	12 h/day	73 %	76 %	15 km/h
October	43 mm	7	12 h/day	59 %	70 %	15 km/h
November	13 mm	3	11 h/day	43 %	64 %	15 km/h
December	4 mm	1	11 h/day	41 %	58 %	15 km/h

How Santiago de Querétaro 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
Santiago de Querétaro	30 °C	8.3 °C	628 mm	205
Celaya · Mexico	30 °C	8.0 °C	642 mm	222
San Miguel de Allende · Mexico	29 °C	8.2 °C	571 mm	174
Salamanca · Mexico	32 °C	8.8 °C	685 mm	264
Irapuato · Mexico	31 °C	8.6 °C	646 mm	256
Morelia · Mexico	28 °C	8.7 °C	696 mm	112
León de los Aldama · Mexico	30 °C	8.3 °C	568 mm	199

Where Santiago de Querétaro ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in North America in December	6th of 50	4.1 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in November	16th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in North America in December	17th of 50	95/100
The driest places in North America in November	21st of 50	13 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in January	25th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in North America year-round	25th of 50	85/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Santiago de Querétaro.

QuestionsCommon questions about Santiago de Querétaro’s climate

When is the best time to visit Santiago de Querétaro?

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

How hot does Santiago de Querétaro get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 45 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Santiago de Querétaro?

July, averaging 129 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is December with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 628 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 Santiago de Querétaro 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: 20.588°, -100.388° (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.