Guadalupe climate

What the climate of Guadalupe is like

The warmest month is June, with an average high of 36 °C97 °F and a low of 23 °C73 °F. The coldest is January, when highs average 22 °C72 °F and lows 9 °C48 °F. There is a clear seasonal cycle, with 13.7 °C24.7 °F between the average temperature of the warmest and the coolest month.

Annual precipitation is moderate at about 709 mm28 in. The wettest three-month stretch is July–September, which brings 50% of the annual total. Months with less than 20 mm0.8 in on average: February. The wettest month is September (198 mm7.8 in), the driest is February (19 mm0.7 in).

Relative humidity ranges from 50% in April to 71% in September. The clearest skies (lowest average cloud amount, 37%) are typical of October. Average wind speed near the ground ranges from 7 km/h (4 mph) in December to 10 km/h (6 mph) in June. Daylight lasts from about 10.5 hours in December to 13.7 hours in June.

Best time to visit Guadalupe

Based on these averages, the most comfortable months for sightseeing and outdoor activities are October–March: average highs of 22 °C72 °F to 30 °C85 °F with 19 mm0.7 in to 64 mm2.5 in of precipitation per month.

The most challenging month is September, which is hot, with average highs of 31 °C88 °F and very wet (198 mm7.8 in).

Comfort score: months are ranked by how close they come to an average high of 21–28 °C (70–82 °F), lows above 5 °C (41 °F), little precipitation and moderate humidity. The best-ranked months of each place are recommended, even where none meets all of these. These are general rules of thumb applied to long-term averages.

What to pack for Guadalupe

• Winter (December–February) — highs 2272 to 26 °C78 °F, lows 948 to 11 °C51 °F, about 20 mm0.8 in of precipitation a month. Pack light layers — T-shirts plus a light sweater or jacket and an extra layer for the cooler mornings and evenings.
• Spring (March–May) — highs 3085 to 35 °C95 °F, lows 1457 to 21 °C69 °F, about 45 mm1.8 in of precipitation a month. Pack very light, breathable clothing, a sun hat and plenty of water and an extra layer for the cooler mornings and evenings.
• Summer (June–August) — highs 3595 to 36 °C97 °F, lows 2272 to 23 °C73 °F, about 76 mm3.0 in of precipitation a month. Pack very light, breathable clothing, a sun hat and plenty of water.
• Autumn (September–November) — highs 2678 to 31 °C88 °F, lows 1355 to 21 °C70 °F, about 96 mm3.8 in of precipitation a month. Pack light summer clothes such as T-shirts, shorts or light dresses, an extra layer for the cooler mornings and evenings and an umbrella or light rain jacket.

How Guadalupe compares

Compared with Monterrey, about 6 km to the west, Guadalupe is on average 1 °C1.8 °F cooler and receives 34% more precipitation (709 mm28 in vs 530 mm21 in). The difference is largest in January (2.1 °C3.8 °F cooler).

Of the 96 places in Mexico covered by World Climates, Guadalupe is the 46th warmest by annual mean temperature and the 55th wettest by annual precipitation. See all of them on the Mexico climate page.

Places in other countries with the most similar temperature and rainfall pattern (seasons shifted for the other hemisphere where needed): Corpus Christi (United States, Cfa), Rockhampton (Australia, Cfa) and Lushui (China, Cwa).

The same NASA POWER grid cell also contains San Nicolás de los Garza (pop. 412,199) and Ciudad Benito Juárez (pop. 308,285). Their long-term averages in this dataset are essentially the same as for Guadalupe, so they do not have separate pages.