Xalapa de Enríquez climate

Name: Xalapa de Enríquez
Address: MX

Xalapa de Enríquez is warmest in May, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. September is the wettest month (210 mm) and December the driest (54 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Xalapa de Enríquez averages 1,524 mm of rain and 54 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 424,755 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month December 54 mm
Wettest month September 210 mm
Least cloud March 56 % cloud
Hottest on record April 35 °C
Coldest on record December 1.4 °C

What to expectXalapa de Enríquez through the year

Xalapa de Enríquez has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 25 °C in May, a swing of 5.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 54 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 210 mm against 54 mm in December — 3.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.9 °C	63 mm	62 %
February	20.6 °C	61 mm	57 %
March	22.4 °C	117 mm	56 %
April	24.4 °C	168 mm	56 %
May	24.7 °C	154 mm	62 %
June	23.8 °C	195 mm	74 %
July	23.3 °C	124 mm	68 %
August	23.4 °C	145 mm	71 %
September	22.8 °C	210 mm	79 %
October	21.8 °C	148 mm	71 %
November	20.3 °C	85 mm	65 %
December	19.4 °C	54 mm	61 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.9 °C	11.2 °C	14.6 °C	28.4 °C	4.1 °C	1	0
February	20.6 °C	12.1 °C	15.8 °C	29.4 °C	4.4 °C	2	0
March	22.4 °C	13.5 °C	17.5 °C	32.0 °C	3.8 °C	7	0
April	24.4 °C	15.6 °C	19.6 °C	34.5 °C	7.3 °C	13	1
May	24.7 °C	16.7 °C	20.4 °C	33.4 °C	10.2 °C	13	1
June	23.8 °C	17.0 °C	20.1 °C	32.8 °C	13.0 °C	6	0
July	23.3 °C	16.5 °C	19.6 °C	27.6 °C	13.2 °C	3	0
August	23.4 °C	16.7 °C	19.7 °C	27.0 °C	13.3 °C	3	0
September	22.8 °C	16.7 °C	19.4 °C	27.0 °C	12.4 °C	1	0
October	21.8 °C	15.4 °C	18.2 °C	28.0 °C	7.4 °C	2	0
November	20.3 °C	13.3 °C	16.4 °C	27.8 °C	4.4 °C	1	0
December	19.4 °C	12.0 °C	15.2 °C	27.1 °C	1.4 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	63 mm	13	11 h/day	62 %	83 %	9.2 km/h
February	61 mm	12	12 h/day	57 %	81 %	9.5 km/h
March	117 mm	17	12 h/day	56 %	79 %	9.7 km/h
April	168 mm	19	13 h/day	56 %	78 %	9.6 km/h
May	154 mm	22	13 h/day	62 %	82 %	9.1 km/h
June	195 mm	24	13 h/day	74 %	85 %	9.1 km/h
July	124 mm	19	13 h/day	68 %	82 %	9.5 km/h
August	145 mm	22	13 h/day	71 %	83 %	9.5 km/h
September	210 mm	24	12 h/day	79 %	86 %	8.8 km/h
October	148 mm	18	12 h/day	71 %	85 %	9.0 km/h
November	85 mm	14	11 h/day	65 %	84 %	8.8 km/h
December	54 mm	10	11 h/day	61 %	83 %	8.8 km/h

How Xalapa de Enríquez 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
Xalapa de Enríquez	25 °C	11 °C	1,524 mm	54
Córdoba · Mexico	27 °C	12 °C	2,043 mm	156
Veracruz · Mexico	33 °C	19 °C	1,126 mm	329
Poza Rica de Hidalgo · Mexico	32 °C	16 °C	1,463 mm	294
Tehuacán · Mexico	28 °C	9.8 °C	658 mm	171
Puebla · Mexico	26 °C	7.4 °C	864 mm	66

Where Xalapa de Enríquez ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in North America in August	25th of 50	23 °C
The coolest places in North America in July	26th of 50	23 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Xalapa de Enríquez.

QuestionsCommon questions about Xalapa de Enríquez’s climate

When is the best time to visit Xalapa de Enríquez?

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 Xalapa de Enríquez get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Xalapa de Enríquez?

September, averaging 210 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is December with 54 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,524 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 Xalapa de Enríquez 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: 19.531°, -96.916° (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.