Climate and average weather in Cuauhtémoc
In Cuauhtémoc, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Cuauhtémoc typically varies from 1°C to 30°C, and is rarely below -4°C or above 34°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 Cuauhtémoc for warm-weather activities are from mid February to late May and late September to late November.
- Hottest
- Jun
- 30°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 1°
- Wettest
- Jul
- 119 mm
- Driest
- Apr
- 7 mm
- Rain / yr
- 420 mm
- 69 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.2–13.8 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 2,086 m
- 28.4°N
- Clearest
- Oct
- 29% cloud
Cuauhtémoc is municipal seat of Cuauhtémoc, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.
- Founded
- 1948
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Cuauhtémoc 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 mid February to late May.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Cuauhtémoc, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 2.9 months, from May 4 to July 31, with daily high temperatures above 26°C. The hottest month of the year in Cuauhtémoc is June, with an average high of 30°C and low of 15°C.
The cool season lasts 2.7 months, from November 26 to February 16, with daily high temperatures below 18°C. The coldest month of the year in Cuauhtémoc is January, with an average low of 1°C and high of 15°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) | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 16 |
| Avg low (°C) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | 1 |
| Feb | 18 | 2 |
| Mar | 21 | 5 |
| Apr | 24 | 8 |
| May | 28 | 11 |
| Jun | 30 | 15 |
| Jul | 27 | 16 |
| Aug | 26 | 15 |
| Sep | 25 | 13 |
| Oct | 23 | 9 |
| Nov | 19 | 5 |
| Dec | 16 | 1 |
How hot and cold Cuauhtémoc 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 coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -3°C (around December 25), with roughly 95 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in December.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 16 |
| Air high (°C) | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 16 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | -3 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | -2 |
| Air low (°C) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | 15 | -3 | 1 |
| Feb | 18 | 18 | -1 | 2 |
| Mar | 21 | 21 | 2 | 5 |
| Apr | 24 | 24 | 5 | 8 |
| May | 28 | 28 | 11 | 11 |
| Jun | 30 | 30 | 15 | 15 |
| Jul | 27 | 27 | 16 | 16 |
| Aug | 26 | 26 | 15 | 15 |
| Sep | 25 | 25 | 13 | 13 |
| Oct | 23 | 23 | 8 | 9 |
| Nov | 19 | 19 | 2 | 5 |
| Dec | 16 | 16 | -2 | 1 |
Average hourly temperature in Cuauhtémoc
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 30°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 1°C.
Cuauhtémoc 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 | 15° / 1° | 12 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 10.4 | 5.9 |
| Feb | 18° / 2° | 8 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 11 | 7.1 |
| Mar | 21° / 5° | 8 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 11.8 | 8.0 |
| Apr | 24° / 8° | 7 | 1.7 | 0 | 12.7 | 8.6 |
| May | 28° / 11° | 11 | 2.3 | 0 | 13.4 | 7.6 |
| Jun | 30° / 15° | 34 | 7.1 | 0 | 13.8 | 5.6 |
| Jul | 27° / 16° | 119 | 16.6 | 0 | 13.6 | 5.6 |
| Aug | 26° / 15° | 105 | 15.4 | 0 | 13 | 6.0 |
| Sep | 25° / 13° | 71 | 11.4 | 0 | 12.2 | 6.9 |
| Oct | 23° / 9° | 20 | 4.1 | 0 | 11.3 | 8.3 |
| Nov | 19° / 5° | 14 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 10.6 | 7.8 |
| Dec | 16° / 1° | 10 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 6.1 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Cuauhtémoc gets about 420 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 3.9 months, from around Jun 10 to Oct 5, peaking in July at about 57% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Mar 25.
July is the wettest month by volume, with 119 mm over about 17 wet days; April is the driest, with 7 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 51 | 50 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 8 |
| Rain days | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | 3 |
| Feb | 6 | 2 |
| Mar | 6 | 2 |
| Apr | 6 | 2 |
| May | 8 | 2 |
| Jun | 25 | 7 |
| Jul | 51 | 17 |
| Aug | 50 | 15 |
| Sep | 38 | 11 |
| Oct | 14 | 4 |
| Nov | 7 | 2 |
| Dec | 8 | 2 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Cuauhtémoc collects about 420 mm of rain across 69 wet days — roughly 35 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 119 mm, while April is the driest at just 7 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 70% 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) | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 119 | 105 | 71 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
| Rain days | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Snow days | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| Feb | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Mar | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Apr | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| May | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Jun | 34 | 7 | 0 |
| Jul | 119 | 17 | 0 |
| Aug | 105 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep | 71 | 11 | 0 |
| Oct | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Nov | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Cuauhtémoc, 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 17 and lasts for 3.3 months, ending around June 23. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 81% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around June 24 and lasts for 3.0 months, ending around September 21. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 43% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 70 | 69 | 72 | 74 | 81 | 75 | 57 | 61 | 69 | 80 | 77 | 72 |
| Cloudier (%) | 30 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 19 | 25 | 43 | 39 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 28 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 70 | 30 |
| Feb | 69 | 31 |
| Mar | 72 | 28 |
| Apr | 74 | 26 |
| May | 81 | 19 |
| Jun | 75 | 25 |
| Jul | 57 | 43 |
| Aug | 61 | 39 |
| Sep | 69 | 31 |
| Oct | 80 | 20 |
| Nov | 77 | 23 |
| 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 9, 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) | 7:05 | 6:52 | 6:23 | 5:47 | 5:21 | 5:14 | 5:24 | 5:41 | 5:57 | 6:13 | 6:36 | 6:58 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:28 | 5:52 | 6:11 | 6:28 | 6:46 | 7:02 | 7:02 | 6:42 | 6:07 | 5:32 | 5:10 | 5:10 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.4 | 7:05 | 5:28 |
| Feb | 11.0 | 6:52 | 5:52 |
| Mar | 11.8 | 6:23 | 6:11 |
| Apr | 12.7 | 5:47 | 6:28 |
| May | 13.4 | 5:21 | 6:46 |
| Jun | 13.8 | 5:14 | 7:02 |
| Jul | 13.6 | 5:24 | 7:02 |
| Aug | 13.0 | 5:41 | 6:42 |
| Sep | 12.2 | 5:57 | 6:07 |
| Oct | 11.3 | 6:13 | 5:32 |
| Nov | 10.6 | 6:36 | 5:10 |
| Dec | 10.2 | 6:58 | 5:10 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Cuauhtémoc averages about 16 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 9 and 21 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 8.3 months, from around Sep 24 to Jun 3. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).
The greyest month is July, down near 9 sunny days — about 56% fewer than the October peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 18 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 20 | 19 |
| Sky | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 | Bright |
| Feb | 16 | Bright |
| Mar | 18 | Bright |
| Apr | 18 | Bright |
| May | 19 | Bright |
| Jun | 13 | Mixed |
| Jul | 9 | Mixed |
| Aug | 11 | Mixed |
| Sep | 14 | Mixed |
| Oct | 21 | 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 Cuauhtémoc, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 13% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 88 | 44 | 31 | 59 | 94 | 100 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 53 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 88 | 11 | 1 |
| Jul | 44 | 43 | 13 |
| Aug | 31 | 53 | 16 |
| Sep | 59 | 36 | 5 |
| Oct | 94 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 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 Cuauhtémoc is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Dec 4 to Jun 5. The windiest month is April, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 6 to Dec 3, with August the calmest month at about 8 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Feels | calm | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | calm |
| Feb | 12 | light breeze |
| Mar | 13 | light breeze |
| Apr | 13 | light breeze |
| May | 12 | calm |
| Jun | 10 | calm |
| Jul | 9 | calm |
| Aug | 8 | calm |
| Sep | 8 | calm |
| Oct | 9 | calm |
| Nov | 10 | calm |
| Dec | 11 | calm |
Best time to visit Cuauhtémoc
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Cuauhtémoc throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late February, Cuauhtémoc 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 times of year to visit Cuauhtémoc for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid February to late May and again from late September to early December, with a peak score in the second 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) | 5.9 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 6.2 |
| Rating | good | good | ideal | ideal | ideal | good | good | good | good | ideal | ideal | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.9 | good |
| Feb | 7.1 | good |
| Mar | 8.0 | ideal |
| Apr | 8.6 | ideal |
| May | 7.6 | ideal |
| Jun | 5.6 | good |
| Jul | 5.6 | good |
| Aug | 6.0 | good |
| Sep | 6.9 | good |
| Oct | 8.3 | ideal |
| Nov | 7.7 | ideal |
| Dec | 6.2 | good |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Cuauhtémoc for hot-weather activities is from mid April to late June, with a peak score in the last 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 Cuauhtémoc, 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 30°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 15°C), pack a warm layer.
In June, Cuauhtémoc sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Cuauhtémoc 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 Cuauhtémoc peaks around June 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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) | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 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 | 6 | High |
| Feb | 7 | High |
| Mar | 10 | Very high |
| Apr | 12 | Extreme |
| May | 13 | Extreme |
| Jun | 13 | Extreme |
| Jul | 13 | Extreme |
| Aug | 12 | Extreme |
| Sep | 11 | Extreme |
| Oct | 8 | Very high |
| Nov | 6 | High |
| Dec | 5 | Moderate |
Average hourly UV index in Cuauhtémoc
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 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9 | 8.5 | 8 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 2.5 | 5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | 0 |
| Feb | 6 | 2.5 |
| Mar | 7.5 | 5 |
| Apr | 8 | 6 |
| May | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Jun | 9 | 7 |
| Jul | 9 | 7 |
| Aug | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Sep | 8 | 5.5 |
| Oct | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| Nov | 5.5 | 1.5 |
| Dec | 4.5 | 0 |
Growing season
Cuauhtémoc is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 10 to November 18 (254 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 (%) | 58 | 75 | 93 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 91 | 63 |
| Frost nights | 31 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 31 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58 | 31 |
| Feb | 75 | 28 |
| Mar | 93 | 9 |
| Apr | 99 | 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. Cuauhtémoc banks about 2,118 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) | 0 | 9 | 79 | 175 | 294 | 373 | 355 | 323 | 268 | 187 | 55 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 9 |
| Mar | 79 |
| Apr | 175 |
| May | 294 |
| Jun | 373 |
| Jul | 355 |
| Aug | 323 |
| Sep | 268 |
| Oct | 187 |
| Nov | 55 |
| 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.
Cuauhtémoc receives about 6.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.0 and 8.1 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 3 to Aug 31. The brightest month is May, averaging about 8.0 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 4.0 kWh/m² — roughly 50% less than the May peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.3 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 | Bright |
| Feb | 5.3 | Bright |
| Mar | 6.6 | Intense |
| Apr | 7.6 | Intense |
| May | 8.1 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.6 | Intense |
| Jul | 6.8 | Intense |
| Aug | 6.5 | Intense |
| Sep | 5.7 | Bright |
| Oct | 5.4 | Bright |
| Nov | 4.5 | Bright |
| Dec | 4.0 | Bright |
Where is Cuauhtémoc?
Cuauhtémoc sits at 28.4°N, 106.9°W, 2,086 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Chihuahua, 80 km away.
Topography around Cuauhtémoc
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cuauhtémoc.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Cuauhtémoc has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m around an average of 2,060 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,664 m.
The land around Cuauhtémoc is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) within 3 km, grassland (37%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), shrubs (33%) and trees (20%) 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 Cuauhtémoc (28.4063°, -106.8667°, elevation 2,086 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).