Climate and average weather in Ciudad Juárez
In Ciudad Juárez, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ciudad Juárez typically varies from 1°C to 35°C, and is rarely below -4°C or above 39°C. June is the hottest month of the year, while December is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Ciudad Juárez for warm-weather activities are from late February to early May and early October to late November.
- Hottest
- Jun
- 35°
- Coldest
- Dec
- 1°
- Wettest
- Sep
- 31 mm
- Driest
- Apr
- 4 mm
- Rain / yr
- 189 mm
- 37 wet days
- Daylight
- 9.9–14.1 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 1,124 m
- 31.7°N
- Clearest
- Jun
- 24% cloud
Ciudad Juárez is municipal seat of Juárez, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.
- Density
- 4,709/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1659
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Ciudad Juárez 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 late February to early May.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Ciudad Juárez, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from May 12 to September 19, with daily high temperatures above 30°C. The hottest month of the year in Ciudad Juárez is June, with an average high of 35°C and low of 21°C.
The cool season lasts 2.7 months, from November 23 to February 13, with daily high temperatures below 17°C. The coldest month of the year in Ciudad Juárez is December, with an average low of 1°C and high of 14°C.
Days typically run about 13°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 15°C) in May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 14 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 26 | 19 | 14 |
| Avg low (°C) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 1 |
| Feb | 17 | 4 |
| Mar | 22 | 7 |
| Apr | 26 | 11 |
| May | 31 | 16 |
| Jun | 35 | 21 |
| Jul | 34 | 22 |
| Aug | 33 | 22 |
| Sep | 31 | 18 |
| Oct | 26 | 12 |
| Nov | 19 | 6 |
| Dec | 14 | 1 |
How hot and cold Ciudad Juárez 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, Ciudad Juárez feels like about 36°C (around June 21). About 103 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in June.
On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -3°C (around January 1), with roughly 71 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) | 14 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 26 | 19 | 14 |
| Air high (°C) | 14 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 26 | 19 | 14 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | -2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 3 | -2 |
| Air low (°C) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 14 | -2 | 1 |
| Feb | 17 | 17 | 1 | 4 |
| Mar | 22 | 22 | 5 | 7 |
| Apr | 26 | 26 | 10 | 11 |
| May | 31 | 31 | 16 | 16 |
| Jun | 35 | 35 | 21 | 21 |
| Jul | 34 | 34 | 22 | 22 |
| Aug | 33 | 33 | 22 | 22 |
| Sep | 30 | 31 | 18 | 18 |
| Oct | 26 | 26 | 12 | 12 |
| Nov | 19 | 19 | 3 | 6 |
| Dec | 14 | 14 | -2 | 1 |
Average hourly temperature in Ciudad Juárez
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 35°C, and coldest before dawn in December, near 1°C.
Ciudad Juárez 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 | 14° / 1° | 13 | 3 | 0.5 | 10.2 | 5.0 |
| Feb | 17° / 4° | 12 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 10.8 | 6.8 |
| Mar | 22° / 7° | 9 | 1.9 | 0 | 11.8 | 8.3 |
| Apr | 26° / 11° | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12.8 | 8.6 |
| May | 31° / 16° | 8 | 1.8 | 0 | 13.6 | 5.9 |
| Jun | 35° / 21° | 10 | 2.2 | 0 | 14 | 3.2 |
| Jul | 34° / 22° | 30 | 5.7 | 0 | 13.9 | 3.2 |
| Aug | 33° / 22° | 24 | 5.3 | 0 | 13.2 | 3.9 |
| Sep | 31° / 18° | 31 | 4.1 | 0 | 12.2 | 5.8 |
| Oct | 26° / 12° | 18 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 8.2 |
| Nov | 19° / 6° | 12 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 10.4 | 7.5 |
| Dec | 14° / 1° | 18 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 10 | 4.8 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Ciudad Juárez gets about 189 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 4.0 months, from around Jun 25 to Oct 23, peaking in July at about 22% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 20.
September is the wettest month by volume, with 31 mm over about 4 wet days; April is the driest, with 4 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| Rain days | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 3 |
| Feb | 9 | 3 |
| Mar | 6 | 2 |
| Apr | 3 | 1 |
| May | 6 | 2 |
| Jun | 7 | 2 |
| Jul | 18 | 6 |
| Aug | 17 | 5 |
| Sep | 14 | 4 |
| Oct | 11 | 4 |
| Nov | 8 | 2 |
| Dec | 11 | 4 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Ciudad Juárez collects about 189 mm of rain across 37 wet days — roughly 16 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 31 mm, while April is the driest at just 4 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 45% 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) | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 24 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 18 |
| Rain days | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Snow days | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Feb | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| Mar | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Apr | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Jun | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Jul | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| Aug | 24 | 5 | 0 |
| Sep | 31 | 4 | 0 |
| Oct | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| Nov | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec | 18 | 4 | 1 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Ciudad Juárez, 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 March 25 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around July 12. The clearest month is June, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 90% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around November 12 and lasts for 4.4 months, ending around March 24. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 30% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 71 | 70 | 76 | 82 | 85 | 90 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 83 | 79 | 71 |
| Cloudier (%) | 29 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 29 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 71 | 29 |
| Feb | 70 | 30 |
| Mar | 76 | 24 |
| Apr | 82 | 18 |
| May | 85 | 15 |
| Jun | 90 | 10 |
| Jul | 79 | 21 |
| Aug | 82 | 18 |
| Sep | 85 | 15 |
| Oct | 83 | 17 |
| Nov | 79 | 21 |
| Dec | 71 | 29 |
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 15, brings about 14 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 9 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 12 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.2 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:11 | 6:55 | 6:23 | 5:43 | 5:14 | 5:04 | 5:15 | 5:35 | 5:54 | 6:15 | 6:40 | 7:04 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:19 | 5:46 | 6:08 | 6:29 | 6:50 | 7:08 | 7:08 | 6:45 | 6:06 | 5:27 | 5:02 | 5:00 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.2 | 7:11 | 5:19 |
| Feb | 10.8 | 6:55 | 5:46 |
| Mar | 11.8 | 6:23 | 6:08 |
| Apr | 12.8 | 5:43 | 6:29 |
| May | 13.6 | 5:14 | 6:50 |
| Jun | 14.0 | 5:04 | 7:08 |
| Jul | 13.9 | 5:15 | 7:08 |
| Aug | 13.2 | 5:35 | 6:45 |
| Sep | 12.2 | 5:54 | 6:06 |
| Oct | 11.2 | 6:15 | 5:27 |
| Nov | 10.4 | 6:40 | 5:02 |
| Dec | 10.0 | 7:04 | 5:00 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Ciudad Juárez averages about 20 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 16 and 24 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 3.3 months, from around Mar 26 to Jul 4. The sunniest month is June, with roughly 24 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is July, down near 17 sunny days — about 26% fewer than the June peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 18 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 |
| Sky | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Brilliant | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 | Bright |
| Feb | 15 | Bright |
| Mar | 19 | Bright |
| Apr | 21 | Bright |
| May | 22 | Bright |
| Jun | 23 | Brilliant |
| Jul | 18 | Bright |
| Aug | 19 | Bright |
| Sep | 22 | Bright |
| Oct | 22 | Bright |
| Nov | 20 | Bright |
| Dec | 18 | 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 Ciudad Juárez, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 3.3 months, from around June 24 to October 1. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 20% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 2 to June 23, and May 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 | 99 | 91 | 58 | 52 | 69 | 94 | 100 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 91 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Jul | 58 | 21 | 16 | 4 |
| Aug | 52 | 28 | 17 | 3 |
| Sep | 69 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Oct | 94 | 5 | 1 | 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 Ciudad Juárez is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 4.7 months, from around Feb 11 to Jul 3. The windiest month is April, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Jul 4 to Feb 10, with July the calmest month at about 10 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Feels | calm | calm | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | calm |
| Feb | 12 | calm |
| Mar | 13 | light breeze |
| Apr | 15 | light breeze |
| May | 14 | light breeze |
| Jun | 12 | light breeze |
| Jul | 10 | calm |
| Aug | 10 | calm |
| Sep | 10 | calm |
| Oct | 11 | calm |
| Nov | 10 | calm |
| Dec | 10 | calm |
Best time to visit Ciudad Juárez
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Ciudad Juárez throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late April, Ciudad Juárez is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
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 times of year to visit Ciudad Juárez for general outdoor tourist activities run from late February to early May and again from early October to late November, with a peak score in the first week of April.
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) | 5.0 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 4.8 |
| Rating | fair | good | ideal | ideal | good | poor | poor | fair | good | ideal | good | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 | fair |
| Feb | 6.8 | good |
| Mar | 8.3 | ideal |
| Apr | 8.6 | ideal |
| May | 5.9 | good |
| Jun | 3.2 | poor |
| Jul | 3.2 | poor |
| Aug | 3.9 | fair |
| Sep | 5.8 | good |
| Oct | 8.2 | ideal |
| Nov | 7.5 | good |
| Dec | 4.8 | fair |
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 Ciudad Juárez for hot-weather activities run from late March to mid June and again from mid August to late October, with a peak score in the first week of May.
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 Ciudad Juárez, 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 35°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around December (highs near 14°C), pack a warm layer.
In June, Ciudad Juárez sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.
UV index (midday) in Ciudad Juárez 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 Ciudad Juárez peaks around June 22 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (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 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Level | Moderate | High | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | High | High | Moderate |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | Moderate |
| Feb | 6 | High |
| Mar | 8 | Very high |
| Apr | 11 | Extreme |
| May | 11 | Extreme |
| Jun | 12 | Extreme |
| Jul | 12 | Extreme |
| Aug | 12 | Extreme |
| Sep | 10 | Very high |
| Oct | 7 | High |
| Nov | 5 | High |
| Dec | 4 | Moderate |
Average hourly UV index in Ciudad Juárez
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 6.5 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) | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4 | 0 |
| Feb | 5 | 0 |
| Mar | 7 | 4 |
| Apr | 8 | 5.5 |
| May | 8.5 | 6 |
| Jun | 9 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 9 | 6.5 |
| Aug | 8.5 | 6 |
| Sep | 7.5 | 5 |
| Oct | 6 | 2.5 |
| Nov | 5 | 0 |
| Dec | 3 | 0 |
Air quality in Ciudad Juárez by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Ciudad Juárez is worst in December — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Good | Good | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | Moderate |
| Feb | 15 | Moderate |
| Mar | 13 | Moderate |
| Apr | 14 | Moderate |
| May | 12 | Moderate |
| Jun | 13 | Moderate |
| Jul | 12 | Good |
| Aug | 11 | Good |
| Sep | 13 | Moderate |
| Oct | 13 | Moderate |
| Nov | 15 | Moderate |
| Dec | 16 | Moderate |
Growing season
Ciudad Juárez is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about February 27 to November 18 (265 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 (%) | 64 | 83 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 91 | 63 |
| Frost nights | 31 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 31 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 64 | 31 |
| Feb | 83 | 28 |
| Mar | 97 | 1 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 91 | 12 |
| Dec | 63 | 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. Ciudad Juárez banks about 3,230 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 0 | 20 | 134 | 253 | 410 | 537 | 570 | 543 | 428 | 270 | 66 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 20 |
| Mar | 134 |
| Apr | 253 |
| May | 410 |
| Jun | 537 |
| Jul | 570 |
| Aug | 543 |
| Sep | 428 |
| Oct | 270 |
| Nov | 66 |
| Dec | 0 |
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.
Ciudad Juárez receives about 6.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.4 and 8.3 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 12 to Sep 18. The brightest month is June, averaging about 8.2 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 3.5 kWh/m² — roughly 58% less than the June peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 3.8 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| Level | Moderate | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.8 | Moderate |
| Feb | 4.8 | Bright |
| Mar | 6.3 | Intense |
| Apr | 7.6 | Intense |
| May | 8.2 | Intense |
| Jun | 8.3 | Intense |
| Jul | 7.5 | Intense |
| Aug | 6.9 | Intense |
| Sep | 6.1 | Intense |
| Oct | 5.1 | Bright |
| Nov | 4.0 | Bright |
| Dec | 3.5 | Moderate |
Where is Ciudad Juárez?
Ciudad Juárez sits at 31.7°N, 106.5°W, 1,124 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is El Paso, 5.0 km away.
What Ciudad Juárez looks like
Topography around Ciudad Juárez
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ciudad Juárez.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad Juárez has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 1,140 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 867 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,570 m.
The land around Ciudad Juárez is covered by artificial surfaces (97%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (49%), bare terrain (25%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (42%) and shrubs (40%) 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 Ciudad Juárez (31.7202°, -106.4608°, elevation 1,124 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).