Climate and average weather in Chihuahua
In Chihuahua, the summers are sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Chihuahua typically varies from 3°C to 34°C, and is rarely below -3°C or above 38°C. June is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Chihuahua for warm-weather activities are from early January to mid April and early October to late December.
- Hottest
- Jun
- 34°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 3°
- Wettest
- Aug
- 65 mm
- Driest
- Mar
- 7 mm
- Rain / yr
- 298 mm
- 47 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.2–13.8 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 1,437 m
- 28.6°N
- Clearest
- Oct
- 27% cloud
Chihuahua is capital of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico.
- Air quality
- Elevated
- PM10 48.5 µg/m³ · 2018
- Founded
- 1709
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Chihuahua weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to mid April.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Chihuahua, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.0 months, from April 30 to August 30, with daily high temperatures above 30°C. The hottest month of the year in Chihuahua is June, with an average high of 34°C and low of 20°C.
The cool season lasts 2.7 months, from November 24 to February 12, with daily high temperatures below 21°C. The coldest month of the year in Chihuahua is January, with an average low of 3°C and high of 18°C.
Days typically run about 14°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 17°C) in April.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 18 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 18 |
| Avg low (°C) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 | 3 |
| Feb | 21 | 5 |
| Mar | 25 | 8 |
| Apr | 29 | 12 |
| May | 32 | 16 |
| Jun | 34 | 20 |
| Jul | 32 | 21 |
| Aug | 31 | 20 |
| Sep | 29 | 17 |
| Oct | 27 | 12 |
| Nov | 22 | 7 |
| Dec | 18 | 3 |
How hot and cold Chihuahua really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Chihuahua feels like about 35°C (around June 10). About 67 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in June.
On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -0°C (around January 1), with roughly 11 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 18 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 18 |
| Air high (°C) | 18 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 18 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| Air low (°C) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| Feb | 21 | 21 | 3 | 5 |
| Mar | 25 | 25 | 7 | 8 |
| Apr | 28 | 29 | 12 | 12 |
| May | 32 | 32 | 16 | 16 |
| Jun | 34 | 34 | 20 | 20 |
| Jul | 32 | 32 | 21 | 21 |
| Aug | 31 | 31 | 20 | 20 |
| Sep | 29 | 29 | 17 | 17 |
| Oct | 27 | 27 | 12 | 12 |
| Nov | 22 | 22 | 5 | 7 |
| Dec | 18 | 18 | 1 | 3 |
Average hourly temperature in Chihuahua
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on June afternoons, near 34°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 3°C.
Chihuahua weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18° / 3° | 11 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 10.4 | 7.4 |
| Feb | 21° / 5° | 7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 11 | 8.1 |
| Mar | 25° / 8° | 7 | 1.3 | 0 | 11.8 | 8.6 |
| Apr | 29° / 12° | 7 | 1.6 | 0 | 12.7 | 7.3 |
| May | 32° / 16° | 13 | 2.7 | 0 | 13.4 | 4.9 |
| Jun | 34° / 20° | 20 | 3.8 | 0 | 13.8 | 3.5 |
| Jul | 32° / 21° | 65 | 9.3 | 0 | 13.6 | 4.1 |
| Aug | 31° / 20° | 65 | 9.4 | 0 | 13 | 4.7 |
| Sep | 29° / 17° | 57 | 8.1 | 0 | 12.2 | 5.9 |
| Oct | 27° / 12° | 22 | 3.3 | 0 | 11.3 | 8.0 |
| Nov | 22° / 7° | 15 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 10.6 | 8.5 |
| Dec | 18° / 3° | 9 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 10.2 | 7.5 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Chihuahua gets about 298 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 3.8 months, from around Jun 16 to Oct 8, peaking in July at about 34% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 23.
August is the wettest month by volume, with 65 mm over about 9 wet days; March is the driest, with 7 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
| Rain days | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | 2 |
| Feb | 5 | 1 |
| Mar | 4 | 1 |
| Apr | 5 | 2 |
| May | 9 | 3 |
| Jun | 14 | 4 |
| Jul | 29 | 9 |
| Aug | 31 | 9 |
| Sep | 26 | 8 |
| Oct | 11 | 3 |
| Nov | 6 | 2 |
| Dec | 6 | 2 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Chihuahua collects about 298 mm of rain across 47 wet days — roughly 25 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 65 mm, while March is the driest at just 7 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 63% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 65 | 65 | 57 | 22 | 15 | 9 |
| Rain days | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Snow days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Feb | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| May | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Jun | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Jul | 65 | 9 | 0 |
| Aug | 65 | 9 | 0 |
| Sep | 57 | 8 | 0 |
| Oct | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| Nov | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Chihuahua, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around April 27 and lasts for 2.3 months, ending around July 5. The clearest month is June, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 85% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around November 25 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around April 26. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 31% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 69 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 82 | 85 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 82 | 78 | 72 |
| Cloudier (%) | 31 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 28 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 69 | 31 |
| Feb | 69 | 31 |
| Mar | 73 | 27 |
| Apr | 74 | 26 |
| May | 82 | 18 |
| Jun | 85 | 15 |
| Jul | 73 | 27 |
| Aug | 74 | 26 |
| Sep | 74 | 26 |
| Oct | 82 | 18 |
| Nov | 78 | 22 |
| Dec | 72 | 28 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 7, brings about 13 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 36 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.4 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:03 | 6:50 | 6:20 | 5:44 | 5:18 | 5:10 | 5:20 | 5:37 | 5:54 | 6:10 | 6:33 | 6:55 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:24 | 5:48 | 6:08 | 6:25 | 6:43 | 6:59 | 7:00 | 6:39 | 6:04 | 5:28 | 5:06 | 5:06 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.4 | 7:03 | 5:24 |
| Feb | 11.0 | 6:50 | 5:48 |
| Mar | 11.8 | 6:20 | 6:08 |
| Apr | 12.7 | 5:44 | 6:25 |
| May | 13.4 | 5:18 | 6:43 |
| Jun | 13.8 | 5:10 | 6:59 |
| Jul | 13.6 | 5:20 | 7:00 |
| Aug | 13.0 | 5:37 | 6:39 |
| Sep | 12.2 | 5:54 | 6:04 |
| Oct | 11.3 | 6:10 | 5:28 |
| Nov | 10.6 | 6:33 | 5:06 |
| Dec | 10.2 | 6:55 | 5:06 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Chihuahua averages about 18 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 14 and 22 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 3.2 months, from around Sep 23 to Dec 28. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 22 sunny days (bright).
The greyest month is July, down near 15 sunny days — about 30% fewer than the October peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 18 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 19 |
| Sky | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 | Bright |
| Feb | 16 | Bright |
| Mar | 18 | Bright |
| Apr | 18 | Bright |
| May | 20 | Bright |
| Jun | 18 | Bright |
| Jul | 15 | Bright |
| Aug | 16 | Bright |
| Sep | 17 | Bright |
| Oct | 22 | Bright |
| Nov | 20 | Bright |
| Dec | 19 | Bright |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Chihuahua, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around June 23 to October 4. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 31% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 5 to June 22, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 85 | 50 | 38 | 52 | 89 | 100 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 85 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Jul | 50 | 25 | 22 | 3 |
| Aug | 38 | 31 | 28 | 3 |
| Sep | 52 | 29 | 19 | 1 |
| Oct | 89 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Chihuahua is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 4.8 months, from around Feb 1 to Jun 26. The windiest month is April, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 27 to Jan 31, with August the calmest month at about 7 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | calm |
| Feb | 9 | calm |
| Mar | 10 | calm |
| Apr | 11 | calm |
| May | 10 | calm |
| Jun | 9 | calm |
| Jul | 8 | calm |
| Aug | 7 | calm |
| Sep | 7 | calm |
| Oct | 8 | calm |
| Nov | 8 | calm |
| Dec | 8 | calm |
Best time to visit Chihuahua
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Chihuahua throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid January, Chihuahua is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Chihuahua for general outdoor tourist activities is from early October to mid April, with a peak score in the second week of March.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.5 |
| Rating | good | ideal | ideal | good | fair | fair | fair | fair | good | ideal | ideal | ideal |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.4 | good |
| Feb | 8.1 | ideal |
| Mar | 8.6 | ideal |
| Apr | 7.3 | good |
| May | 4.9 | fair |
| Jun | 3.5 | fair |
| Jul | 4.1 | fair |
| Aug | 4.7 | fair |
| Sep | 5.9 | good |
| Oct | 8.0 | ideal |
| Nov | 8.4 | ideal |
| Dec | 7.5 | ideal |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Chihuahua for hot-weather activities run from early March to mid June and again from mid August to early November, with a peak score in the third week of April.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Chihuahua, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around June (highs near 34°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 18°C), pack a warm layer.
In June, Chihuahua sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Chihuahua by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chihuahua peaks around June 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 5 (moderate).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Level | High | High | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | High | Moderate |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | High |
| Feb | 7 | High |
| Mar | 9 | Very high |
| Apr | 12 | Extreme |
| May | 12 | Extreme |
| Jun | 13 | Extreme |
| Jul | 12 | Extreme |
| Aug | 12 | Extreme |
| Sep | 11 | Extreme |
| Oct | 8 | Very high |
| Nov | 6 | High |
| Dec | 5 | Moderate |
Average hourly UV index in Chihuahua
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 6 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | 0 |
| Feb | 6 | 2 |
| Mar | 7 | 5 |
| Apr | 8 | 6 |
| May | 9 | 6.5 |
| Jun | 9 | 7 |
| Jul | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Aug | 8 | 6 |
| Sep | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Oct | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| Nov | 5 | 0 |
| Dec | 4.5 | 0 |
Growing season
Chihuahua is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about February 11 to November 28 (291 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 79 | 92 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 96 | 79 |
| Frost nights | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 79 | 31 |
| Feb | 92 | 10 |
| Mar | 99 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 96 | 4 |
| Dec | 79 | 31 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Chihuahua banks about 3,390 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around June.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 14 | 86 | 199 | 305 | 436 | 515 | 511 | 479 | 396 | 294 | 133 | 22 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 14 |
| Feb | 86 |
| Mar | 199 |
| Apr | 305 |
| May | 436 |
| Jun | 515 |
| Jul | 511 |
| Aug | 479 |
| Sep | 396 |
| Oct | 294 |
| Nov | 133 |
| Dec | 22 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Chihuahua receives about 6.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.9 and 8.0 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 6 to Sep 7. The brightest month is May, averaging about 8.0 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 3.9 kWh/m² — roughly 51% less than the May peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.2 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 | Bright |
| Feb | 5.1 | Bright |
| Mar | 6.5 | Intense |
| Apr | 7.5 | Intense |
| May | 8.0 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.8 | Intense |
| Jul | 7.0 | Intense |
| Aug | 6.7 | Intense |
| Sep | 5.8 | Bright |
| Oct | 5.3 | Bright |
| Nov | 4.3 | Bright |
| Dec | 3.9 | Moderate |
Where is Chihuahua?
Chihuahua sits at 28.6°N, 106.1°W, 1,437 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Juan Aldama, 28 km away.
Topography around Chihuahua
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chihuahua.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Chihuahua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m around an average of 1,453 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 922 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,743 m.
The land around Chihuahua is covered by artificial surfaces (94%) within 3 km, shrubs (45%), grassland (25%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (60%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.
Mexico travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 2
- Exercise Increased Caution
- Power plugs
- Type A / B
- 120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 54% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $13,889
- 2025
- Happiness
- 7.0 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 43%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 24.9
- per 100k, 2023
- Road deaths
- 12.8
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- Upper middle
- World Bank
- English
- Very low
- EF EPI 440
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chihuahua (28.6353°, -106.0889°, elevation 1,437 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).