Veracruz climate

Name: Veracruz
Address: MX

Veracruz is warmest in May, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. September is the wettest month (215 mm) and February the driest (14 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Veracruz averages 1,126 mm of rain and 329 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 428,323 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 19 °C
Driest month February 14 mm
Wettest month September 215 mm
Least cloud March 41 % cloud
Hottest on record April 42 °C
Coldest on record December 11 °C
Warmest sea August 30 °C

What to expectVeracruz through the year

Veracruz has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 33 °C in May, a swing of 6.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 329 days a year reach 25 °C, 149 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 215 mm against 14 mm in February — 16 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Veracruz is warmest in August at 30 °C and coldest in February at 23 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.7 °C	21 mm	50 %
February	27.2 °C	14 mm	44 %
March	29.4 °C	20 mm	41 %
April	31.7 °C	24 mm	43 %
May	32.7 °C	43 mm	48 %
June	31.4 °C	189 mm	64 %
July	30.4 °C	203 mm	65 %
August	30.4 °C	195 mm	66 %
September	29.7 °C	215 mm	72 %
October	28.7 °C	124 mm	60 %
November	27.1 °C	55 mm	51 %
December	26.1 °C	23 mm	48 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.7 °C	18.8 °C	21.7 °C	35.7 °C	11.2 °C	18	1
February	27.2 °C	19.4 °C	22.7 °C	36.2 °C	11.9 °C	22	5
March	29.4 °C	21.1 °C	24.6 °C	40.0 °C	13.9 °C	28	13
April	31.7 °C	23.3 °C	26.9 °C	42.4 °C	15.6 °C	30	20
May	32.7 °C	24.9 °C	28.3 °C	41.3 °C	17.8 °C	31	26
June	31.4 °C	24.7 °C	27.7 °C	41.3 °C	21.7 °C	30	21
July	30.4 °C	24.1 °C	27.0 °C	35.0 °C	21.6 °C	31	19
August	30.4 °C	24.1 °C	27.0 °C	34.4 °C	22.3 °C	31	19
September	29.7 °C	23.9 °C	26.5 °C	33.5 °C	21.2 °C	30	13
October	28.7 °C	22.9 °C	25.5 °C	34.1 °C	15.0 °C	30	7
November	27.1 °C	20.9 °C	23.7 °C	32.8 °C	12.6 °C	25	3
December	26.1 °C	19.4 °C	22.4 °C	34.8 °C	11.0 °C	22	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	21 mm	4	11 h/day	50 %	75 %	21 km/h	23.2 °C
February	14 mm	3	12 h/day	44 %	75 %	21 km/h	23.0 °C
March	20 mm	4	12 h/day	41 %	72 %	21 km/h	23.9 °C
April	24 mm	4	13 h/day	43 %	71 %	21 km/h	25.5 °C
May	43 mm	8	13 h/day	48 %	72 %	18 km/h	27.4 °C
June	189 mm	21	13 h/day	64 %	79 %	16 km/h	28.7 °C
July	203 mm	22	13 h/day	65 %	83 %	14 km/h	29.1 °C
August	195 mm	22	13 h/day	66 %	83 %	15 km/h	29.5 °C
September	215 mm	23	12 h/day	72 %	84 %	16 km/h	29.4 °C
October	124 mm	15	12 h/day	60 %	80 %	19 km/h	28.3 °C
November	55 mm	9	11 h/day	51 %	78 %	19 km/h	26.4 °C
December	23 mm	4	11 h/day	48 %	77 %	19 km/h	24.5 °C

How Veracruz 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
Veracruz	33 °C	19 °C	1,126 mm	329
Córdoba · Mexico	27 °C	12 °C	2,043 mm	156
Xalapa de Enríquez · Mexico	25 °C	11 °C	1,524 mm	54
Tuxtepec · Mexico	34 °C	19 °C	2,348 mm	328
Tehuacán · Mexico	28 °C	9.8 °C	658 mm	171
Poza Rica de Hidalgo · Mexico	32 °C	16 °C	1,463 mm	294
Coatzacoalcos · Mexico	32 °C	20 °C	1,877 mm	315

Where Veracruz ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in May	23rd of 50	33 °C
Best beach destinations in the world in March	25th of 50	96/100
The warmest places in North America in April	25th of 50	32 °C
The warmest places in North America in March	38th of 50	29 °C
Best beach destinations in the world in April	39th of 50	90/100
Best beach destinations in the world in February	41st of 50	97/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Veracruz’s climate

When is the best time to visit Veracruz?

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 Veracruz get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 149 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 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Veracruz?

September, averaging 215 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is February with 14 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,126 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 Veracruz 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: 19.181°, -96.143° (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.