Albuquerque climate

Name: Albuquerque
Address: US

Albuquerque is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.6 °C. October is the wettest month (25 mm) and June the driest (8.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Albuquerque averages 203 mm of rain, 156 days above 25 °C and 79 days below freezing.

United States · 1,511 m elevation · population 564,559 · 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 July 33 °C
Coldest month January -2.6 °C
Driest month June 8 mm
Wettest month October 25 mm
Least cloud June 25 % cloud
Hottest on record June 40 °C
Coldest on record February -22 °C

What to expectAlbuquerque through the year

Albuquerque has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.6 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 156 days a year reach 25 °C, 93 of them reach 30 °C, 79 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 8 mm in June to 25 mm in October. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.6 °C	16 mm	36 %
February	12.4 °C	14 mm	39 %
March	17.5 °C	16 mm	36 %
April	22.2 °C	14 mm	33 %
May	27.3 °C	13 mm	31 %
June	32.8 °C	8 mm	25 %
July	33.0 °C	23 mm	40 %
August	31.6 °C	19 mm	39 %
September	28.2 °C	22 mm	27 %
October	21.9 °C	25 mm	27 %
November	14.3 °C	14 mm	29 %
December	8.3 °C	18 mm	36 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	8.6 °C	-2.6 °C	2.2 °C	19.6 °C	-17.0 °C	0	0	24
February	12.4 °C	-0.7 °C	5.0 °C	24.1 °C	-22.0 °C	0	0	16
March	17.5 °C	3.0 °C	9.7 °C	27.8 °C	-10.6 °C	1	0	7
April	22.2 °C	6.7 °C	14.2 °C	32.0 °C	-2.8 °C	9	0	1
May	27.3 °C	12.0 °C	19.7 °C	36.4 °C	1.4 °C	23	8	0
June	32.8 °C	17.5 °C	25.5 °C	39.8 °C	7.5 °C	29	25	0
July	33.0 °C	19.9 °C	26.6 °C	39.2 °C	13.4 °C	31	27	0
August	31.6 °C	18.7 °C	25.2 °C	37.5 °C	11.6 °C	30	23	0
September	28.2 °C	15.1 °C	21.5 °C	36.2 °C	5.2 °C	25	10	0
October	21.9 °C	8.9 °C	14.9 °C	31.0 °C	-6.3 °C	8	0	1
November	14.3 °C	2.4 °C	7.7 °C	24.5 °C	-8.6 °C	0	0	8
December	8.3 °C	-2.2 °C	2.3 °C	19.1 °C	-17.2 °C	0	0	22

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	16 mm	4	10 h/day	36 %	56 %	16 km/h
February	14 mm	3	11 h/day	39 %	50 %	19 km/h
March	16 mm	3	12 h/day	36 %	40 %	22 km/h
April	14 mm	3	13 h/day	33 %	31 %	26 km/h
May	13 mm	3	14 h/day	31 %	28 %	24 km/h
June	8 mm	2	15 h/day	25 %	26 %	22 km/h
July	23 mm	5	14 h/day	40 %	39 %	18 km/h
August	19 mm	4	13 h/day	39 %	44 %	16 km/h
September	22 mm	4	12 h/day	27 %	43 %	17 km/h
October	25 mm	4	11 h/day	27 %	43 %	17 km/h
November	14 mm	3	10 h/day	29 %	47 %	16 km/h
December	18 mm	4	9.8 h/day	36 %	55 %	15 km/h

How Albuquerque 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
Albuquerque	33 °C	-2.6 °C	203 mm	156
Ciudad Juárez · Mexico	36 °C	1.6 °C	196 mm	209
Amarillo · United States	33 °C	-1.4 °C	470 mm	162
Colorado Springs · United States	29 °C	-8.4 °C	480 mm	98
Lubbock · United States	33 °C	0.4 °C	449 mm	182
Tucson · United States	38 °C	4.2 °C	251 mm	235
Mesa · United States	41 °C	4.7 °C	270 mm	245

Where Albuquerque ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in North America year-round	8thof 50	17 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in October	19thof 50	94/100
The driest places in North America in November	25thof 50	14 mm
The warmest places in North America in June	35thof 50	33 °C
The driest places in North America in April	41stof 50	14 mm
The driest places in North America in May	42ndof 50	13 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Albuquerque’s climate

When is the best time to visit Albuquerque?

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

How hot does Albuquerque get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 93 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -2.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 79 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Albuquerque?

October, averaging 25 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is June with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 203 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 Albuquerque 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.