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Cholula, Mexico
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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Cholula

Cholula climate by month

Subtropical highland · CwbBest Jan–Mar
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing6°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation770 mm187 wet days a year
19.06° N, 98.30° WElevation 2,156 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time
When to goCholula · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec66October
Best timeJan–Mar
October: high / low24° / 11°
iSummary

What the weather is like

Cholula has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.

The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 28° and nights 11°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.

About 770 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (131 mm, 29 wet days) and February the driest (12 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 16% in February to 48% in June.

Compared with Mexico City, the capital, Cholula is 0.6° warmer on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.

Year in figures

Hottest afternoons
28° · April
Coldest nights
6° · January
Wettest month
August
Driest month
February
Clearest skies
February · 16% cloud
Longest day
13 h 16 min
Shortest day
10 h 59 min
iiCharts

Twelve months at a glance

Temperature and precipitation

Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns

Temperature curve

Average high, low
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Daylight

Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month
111213JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
iiiData table

Climate normals month by month

Climate normals for Cholula by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high23°25°27°28°28°26°25°25°24°24°24°23°
Average low6°7°9°11°12°13°13°13°13°11°8°7°
Precipitation9 mm12 mm12 mm31 mm76 mm152 mm135 mm131 mm139 mm58 mm11 mm4 mm
Wet days (≥1 mm)95.5610.315.720.326.329.226.518.7109.2
Cloud cover18%16%17%21%27%48%47%45%47%33%20%19%
Daylight11h 0611h 3212h 0112h 3513h 0213h 1613h 1012h 4712h 1511h 4311h 1410h 59
Month score798779635556596060667678