Climate guideThirty-year normals for Orizaba
Orizaba climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Jan–Mar
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing8°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,841 mm196 wet days a year
18.85° N, 97.10° WElevation 1,238 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time
When to goOrizaba · weather score
Best timeJan–Mar
October: high / low29° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Orizaba has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 31° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,841 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (308 mm, 29 wet days) and March the driest (44 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in April to 55% in September.
Compared with Mexico City, the capital, Orizaba is 5.1° warmer on a June afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · June
- Coldest nights
- 6° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- March
- Clearest skies
- April · 33% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 15 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 00 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 | 22° | 24° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 31° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 23° | 22° |
| Average low | 6° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 13° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 12° |
| Precipitation | 46 mm | 42 mm | 44 mm | 65 mm | 125 mm | 315 mm | 316 mm | 308 mm | 302 mm | 159 mm | 68 mm | 51 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 10.2 | 7 | 6 | 8.7 | 15.8 | 20.2 | 28 | 29.3 | 28.2 | 19.8 | 11.7 | 10.7 |
| Cloud cover | 42% | 38% | 36% | 33% | 37% | 53% | 50% | 49% | 55% | 49% | 43% | 42% |
| Daylight | 11h 07 | 11h 32 | 12h 01 | 12h 34 | 13h 01 | 13h 15 | 13h 10 | 12h 46 | 12h 15 | 11h 44 | 11h 15 | 11h 00 |
| Month score | 71 | 80 | 82 | 69 | 54 | 33 | 41 | 42 | 40 | 42 | 67 | 70 |
ivMonth by month
Orizaba in every month
January71
22° / 6°
46 mm · 10.2 wet days
February80
24° / 6°
42 mm · 7 wet days
March82
25° / 8°
44 mm · 6 wet days
April69
27° / 10°
65 mm · 8.7 wet days
May54
27° / 12°
125 mm · 15.8 wet days
June33
31° / 13°
315 mm · 20.2 wet days
July41
29° / 12°
316 mm · 28 wet days
August42
29° / 13°
308 mm · 29.3 wet days
September40
29° / 13°
302 mm · 28.2 wet days
October42
29° / 11°
159 mm · 19.8 wet days
November67
23° / 8°
68 mm · 11.7 wet days
December70
22° / 12°
51 mm · 10.7 wet days