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Ensenada climate by month
What the weather is like
Ensenada has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 28° and nights 19°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 21° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 10°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 304 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (58 mm, 9 wet days) and July the driest (2 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in August to 31% in February.
The sea reaches about 20° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Mexico City, the capital, Ensenada is 3.8° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · August
- Coldest nights
- 7° · December
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- August · 12% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 20° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 13 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 05 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 26° | 23° | 21° |
| Average low | 7° | 8° | 10° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 19° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 53 mm | 68 mm | 58 mm | 23 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm | 5 mm | 16 mm | 28 mm | 44 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.3 | 4.3 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 31% | 26% | 22% | 21% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 13% | 18% | 21% | 26% |
| Sea temperature | 16° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 16° |
| Daylight | 10h 18 | 11h 04 | 11h 58 | 12h 57 | 13h 47 | 14h 13 | 14h 02 | 13h 20 | 12h 23 | 11h 25 | 10h 32 | 10h 05 |
| Month score | 88 | 89 | 78 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 91 | 81 | 82 | 93 | 92 | 90 |