Tepic climate

Name: Tepic
Address: MX

Tepic is warmest in May, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. August is the wettest month (381 mm) and April the driest (3.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tepic averages 1,538 mm of rain and 315 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 332,863 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month January 13 °C
Driest month April 4 mm
Wettest month August 381 mm
Least cloud May 33 % cloud
Hottest on record May 38 °C
Coldest on record December 5.2 °C

What to expectTepic through the year

Tepic has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in January to 31 °C in May, a swing of 5.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 315 days a year reach 25 °C, 62 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 381 mm against 4 mm in April — 102 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.2 °C	29 mm	47 %
February	26.3 °C	27 mm	42 %
March	28.0 °C	11 mm	36 %
April	29.7 °C	4 mm	40 %
May	30.8 °C	13 mm	33 %
June	29.2 °C	166 mm	62 %
July	27.7 °C	341 mm	81 %
August	27.6 °C	381 mm	82 %
September	27.2 °C	351 mm	84 %
October	27.5 °C	148 mm	61 %
November	26.9 °C	36 mm	46 %
December	25.4 °C	32 mm	49 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.2 °C	13.0 °C	18.2 °C	30.7 °C	5.9 °C	18	0
February	26.3 °C	13.2 °C	18.8 °C	33.3 °C	7.4 °C	20	1
March	28.0 °C	13.6 °C	20.0 °C	34.4 °C	5.5 °C	28	4
April	29.7 °C	14.8 °C	21.6 °C	34.7 °C	9.8 °C	29	14
May	30.8 °C	17.0 °C	23.3 °C	37.7 °C	11.2 °C	31	23
June	29.2 °C	20.0 °C	23.6 °C	35.2 °C	15.1 °C	29	12
July	27.7 °C	20.3 °C	22.9 °C	33.4 °C	17.6 °C	29	2
August	27.6 °C	20.5 °C	23.0 °C	33.6 °C	17.1 °C	29	2
September	27.2 °C	20.4 °C	22.7 °C	32.0 °C	16.5 °C	27	1
October	27.5 °C	19.5 °C	22.6 °C	31.8 °C	12.9 °C	29	2
November	26.9 °C	16.5 °C	20.7 °C	32.6 °C	9.1 °C	25	2
December	25.4 °C	14.0 °C	18.7 °C	31.3 °C	5.2 °C	19	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	29 mm	3	11 h/day	47 %	73 %	10 km/h
February	27 mm	3	11 h/day	42 %	72 %	11 km/h
March	11 mm	2	12 h/day	36 %	66 %	12 km/h
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	40 %	63 %	13 km/h
May	13 mm	2	13 h/day	33 %	66 %	13 km/h
June	166 mm	16	13 h/day	62 %	81 %	12 km/h
July	341 mm	29	13 h/day	81 %	88 %	9.6 km/h
August	381 mm	30	13 h/day	82 %	90 %	9.2 km/h
September	351 mm	29	12 h/day	84 %	91 %	9.1 km/h
October	148 mm	17	12 h/day	61 %	86 %	9.6 km/h
November	36 mm	5	11 h/day	46 %	80 %	9.9 km/h
December	32 mm	3	11 h/day	49 %	76 %	9.7 km/h

How Tepic 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
Tepic	31 °C	13 °C	1,538 mm	315
Puerto Vallarta · Mexico	32 °C	18 °C	1,404 mm	357
Zapopan · Mexico	32 °C	9.6 °C	819 mm	272
Guadalajara · Mexico	32 °C	10 °C	783 mm	272
Tlaquepaque · Mexico	32 °C	11 °C	776 mm	252
Tonalá · Mexico	31 °C	10 °C	660 mm	213
Mazatlán · Mexico	31 °C	16 °C	785 mm	328

Where Tepic ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in North America in April	16th of 50	3.7 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in January	36th of 50	92/100
The driest places in North America in May	43rd of 50	13 mm
The driest places in North America in March	44th of 50	11 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in December	50th of 50	91/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tepic’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tepic?

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

How hot does Tepic get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 62 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tepic?

August, averaging 381 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is April with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,538 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 Tepic 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: 21.507°, -104.893° (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.