Climate guideThirty-year normals for Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing9°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation482 mm82 wet days a year
21.88° N, 102.28° WElevation 1,885 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time
When to goAguascalientes · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low27° / 12°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Aguascalientes has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 32° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 9°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 482 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (125 mm, 20 wet days) and March the driest (3 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in November to 38% in July.
Compared with Mexico City, the capital, Aguascalientes is 4.5° warmer on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · May
- Coldest nights
- 5° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- March
- Clearest skies
- November · 17% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 28 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 48 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 23° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 32° | 31° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 24° |
| Average low | 5° | 6° | 8° | 15° | 13° | 16° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 12° | 8° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 19 mm | 10 mm | 3 mm | 8 mm | 20 mm | 80 mm | 125 mm | 95 mm | 75 mm | 31 mm | 8 mm | 8 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1 | 5.8 | 12.7 | 19.7 | 18 | 13.7 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 20% | 20% | 23% | 19% | 28% | 38% | 34% | 35% | 24% | 17% | 25% |
| Daylight | 10h 56 | 11h 26 | 12h 00 | 12h 39 | 13h 11 | 13h 28 | 13h 21 | 12h 53 | 12h 17 | 11h 40 | 11h 06 | 10h 48 |
| Month score | 96 | 95 | 87 | 83 | 57 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 56 | 82 | 96 | 96 |
ivMonth by month
Aguascalientes in every month
January96
23° / 5°
19 mm · 1.5 wet days
February95
26° / 6°
10 mm · 1.2 wet day
March87
28° / 8°
3 mm · 0.3 wet days
April83
29° / 15°
8 mm · 1 wet day
May57
32° / 13°
20 mm · 5.8 wet days
June47
31° / 16°
80 mm · 12.7 wet days
July49
29° / 15°
125 mm · 19.7 wet days
August52
28° / 15°
95 mm · 18 wet days
September56
27° / 14°
75 mm · 13.7 wet days
October82
27° / 12°
31 mm · 4.3 wet days
November96
25° / 8°
8 mm · 1.5 wet days
December96
24° / 5°
8 mm · 1.8 wet days