Climate guideThirty-year normals for Tecate
Tecate climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest Apr–May · Nov
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation419 mm36 wet days a year
32.57° N, 116.63° WElevation 540 mUTC−7 · Pacific Daylight Time
When to goTecate · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Nov
October: high / low27° / 12°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Tecate has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 34° and nights 17°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 19° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 419 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. February is the wettest month (89 mm, 7 wet days) and June the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 9% in August to 37% in February.
Compared with Mexico City, the capital, Tecate is 9° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · August
- Coldest nights
- 3° · December
- Wettest month
- February
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- August · 9% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 17 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 01 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 | 19° | 19° | 21° | 23° | 25° | 29° | 32° | 34° | 32° | 27° | 23° | 19° |
| Average low | 4° | 4° | 5° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 12° | 6° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 74 mm | 89 mm | 75 mm | 31 mm | 7 mm | 2 mm | 6 mm | 8 mm | 7 mm | 22 mm | 37 mm | 61 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.5 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 5.2 |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 37% | 32% | 26% | 21% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 11% | 19% | 24% | 29% |
| Daylight | 10h 15 | 11h 02 | 11h 57 | 12h 59 | 13h 50 | 14h 17 | 14h 05 | 13h 22 | 12h 23 | 11h 24 | 10h 30 | 10h 01 |
| Month score | 89 | 81 | 88 | 94 | 97 | 83 | 65 | 60 | 67 | 86 | 92 | 88 |
ivMonth by month
Tecate in every month
January89
19° / 4°
74 mm · 4.5 wet days
February81
19° / 4°
89 mm · 6.7 wet days
March88
21° / 5°
75 mm · 4.7 wet days
April94
23° / 6°
31 mm · 2.7 wet days
May97
25° / 9°
7 mm · 1.4 wet day
June83
29° / 13°
2 mm · 0.1 wet days
July65
32° / 17°
6 mm · 1.6 wet days
August60
34° / 17°
8 mm · 1.8 wet days
September67
32° / 16°
7 mm · 1.9 wet days
October86
27° / 12°
22 mm · 1.9 wet days
November92
23° / 6°
37 mm · 3.3 wet days
December88
19° / 3°
61 mm · 5.2 wet days