Climate and average weather in Madera
In Madera, the summers are hot, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Madera typically varies from -0°C to 29°C, and is rarely below -5°C or above 33°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 Madera for warm-weather activities are from late March to early June and late September to mid November.
- Hottest
- Jun
- 29°
- Coldest
- Jan
- -0°
- Wettest
- Jul
- 222 mm
- Driest
- Apr
- 12 mm
- Rain / yr
- 750 mm
- 100 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.1–13.9 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 2,117 m
- 29.2°N
- Clearest
- May
- 27% cloud
Madera is municipal seat of Madera, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Madera 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 March to early June.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Madera, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.1 months, from May 12 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 25°C. The hottest month of the year in Madera is June, with an average high of 29°C and low of 13°C.
The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 27 to March 1, with daily high temperatures below 16°C. The coldest month of the year in Madera is January, with an average low of -0°C and high of 13°C.
Days typically run about 14°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 17°C) in May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 13 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 14 |
| Avg low (°C) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | 0 |
| Feb | 15 | 1 |
| Mar | 18 | 3 |
| Apr | 22 | 5 |
| May | 26 | 9 |
| Jun | 29 | 13 |
| Jul | 27 | 14 |
| Aug | 26 | 14 |
| Sep | 25 | 12 |
| Oct | 22 | 8 |
| Nov | 18 | 3 |
| Dec | 14 | 0 |
How hot and cold Madera 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 113 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) | 13 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 14 |
| Air high (°C) | 13 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 14 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | -3 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | -2 |
| Air low (°C) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | 13 | -3 | 0 |
| Feb | 15 | 15 | -2 | 1 |
| Mar | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| Apr | 22 | 22 | 3 | 5 |
| May | 26 | 26 | 8 | 9 |
| Jun | 29 | 29 | 13 | 13 |
| Jul | 27 | 27 | 14 | 14 |
| Aug | 26 | 26 | 14 | 14 |
| Sep | 25 | 25 | 12 | 12 |
| Oct | 22 | 22 | 7 | 8 |
| Nov | 18 | 18 | 1 | 3 |
| Dec | 14 | 14 | -2 | 0 |
Average hourly temperature in Madera
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 29°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -0°C.
Madera 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 | 13° / -0° | 35 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 10.3 | 4.6 |
| Feb | 15° / 1° | 40 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 11 | 5.2 |
| Mar | 18° / 3° | 25 | 4 | 1.2 | 11.8 | 7.0 |
| Apr | 22° / 5° | 12 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 12.7 | 8.3 |
| May | 26° / 9° | 12 | 2.8 | 0 | 13.4 | 8.5 |
| Jun | 29° / 13° | 48 | 9.4 | 0 | 13.8 | 6.0 |
| Jul | 27° / 14° | 222 | 23.9 | 0 | 13.7 | 4.5 |
| Aug | 26° / 14° | 173 | 21.7 | 0 | 13 | 5.0 |
| Sep | 25° / 12° | 79 | 12.3 | 0 | 12.2 | 6.7 |
| Oct | 22° / 8° | 36 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 11.3 | 8.0 |
| Nov | 18° / 3° | 27 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 10.5 | 7.0 |
| Dec | 14° / 0° | 42 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 10.2 | 4.7 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Madera gets about 750 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 3.5 months, from around Jun 13 to Sep 26, peaking in July at about 82% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 6.
July is the wettest month by volume, with 222 mm over about 24 wet days; April is the driest, with 12 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 15 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 75 | 70 | 41 | 17 | 13 | 15 |
| Rain days | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | 5 |
| Feb | 18 | 5 |
| Mar | 13 | 4 |
| Apr | 7 | 2 |
| May | 10 | 3 |
| Jun | 33 | 9 |
| Jul | 75 | 24 |
| Aug | 70 | 22 |
| Sep | 41 | 12 |
| Oct | 17 | 5 |
| Nov | 13 | 4 |
| Dec | 15 | 5 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Madera collects about 750 mm of rain across 100 wet days — roughly 62 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 222 mm, while April is the driest at just 12 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) | 35 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 222 | 173 | 79 | 36 | 27 | 42 |
| Rain days | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Snow days | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35 | 5 | 2 |
| Feb | 40 | 5 | 2 |
| Mar | 25 | 4 | 1 |
| Apr | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| May | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| Jun | 48 | 9 | 0 |
| Jul | 222 | 24 | 0 |
| Aug | 173 | 22 | 0 |
| Sep | 79 | 12 | 0 |
| Oct | 36 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| Dec | 42 | 5 | 2 |
Snow in Madera
Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.
Madera averages about 8 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 21 to Apr 1 — about 4.3 months.
February is snowiest, with roughly 2 days of snow and an estimated 10 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 35 cm of snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow days | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Snow days | Snowfall (cm) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | 7 |
| Feb | 2 | 10 |
| Mar | 1 | 5 |
| Apr | 0 | 1 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 1 |
| Dec | 2 | 11 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Madera, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around September 13 and lasts for 2.7 months, ending around December 2. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 83% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around June 21 and lasts for 2.8 months, ending around September 12. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 61% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 69 | 66 | 73 | 78 | 83 | 72 | 39 | 47 | 72 | 83 | 75 | 70 |
| Cloudier (%) | 31 | 34 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 28 | 61 | 53 | 28 | 17 | 25 | 30 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 69 | 31 |
| Feb | 66 | 34 |
| Mar | 73 | 27 |
| Apr | 78 | 22 |
| May | 83 | 17 |
| Jun | 72 | 28 |
| Jul | 39 | 61 |
| Aug | 47 | 53 |
| Sep | 72 | 28 |
| Oct | 83 | 17 |
| Nov | 75 | 25 |
| Dec | 70 | 30 |
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 13 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 10 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 48 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:12 | 6:58 | 6:29 | 5:52 | 5:25 | 5:17 | 5:27 | 5:45 | 6:02 | 6:19 | 6:42 | 7:04 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:32 | 5:56 | 6:16 | 6:34 | 6:52 | 7:08 | 7:09 | 6:48 | 6:12 | 5:36 | 5:13 | 5:13 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.3 | 7:12 | 5:32 |
| Feb | 11.0 | 6:58 | 5:56 |
| Mar | 11.8 | 6:29 | 6:16 |
| Apr | 12.7 | 5:52 | 6:34 |
| May | 13.4 | 5:25 | 6:52 |
| Jun | 13.8 | 5:17 | 7:08 |
| Jul | 13.7 | 5:27 | 7:09 |
| Aug | 13.0 | 5:45 | 6:48 |
| Sep | 12.2 | 6:02 | 6:12 |
| Oct | 11.3 | 6:19 | 5:36 |
| Nov | 10.5 | 6:42 | 5:13 |
| Dec | 10.2 | 7:04 | 5:13 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Madera averages about 16 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 22 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Feb 25 to Jun 11. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).
The greyest month is July, down near 4 sunny days — about 79% fewer than the May peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 18 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 18 |
| Sky | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 | Bright |
| Feb | 14 | Bright |
| Mar | 19 | Bright |
| Apr | 20 | Bright |
| May | 21 | Bright |
| Jun | 14 | Mixed |
| Jul | 4 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 7 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 15 | Mixed |
| Oct | 22 | Bright |
| Nov | 19 | 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 Madera, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 3.0 months, from around June 21 to September 20. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 18% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 21 to June 20, and October 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 | 100 | 82 | 22 | 17 | 58 | 94 | 100 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 60 | 66 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 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 | 82 | 15 | 3 |
| Jul | 22 | 60 | 18 |
| Aug | 17 | 66 | 17 |
| Sep | 58 | 38 | 4 |
| 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 Madera is typically calm, near 7 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 7.5 months, from around Oct 27 to Jun 10. The windiest month is April, averaging about 9 km/h (calm).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 11 to Oct 26, with July the calmest month at about 4 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | calm |
| Feb | 8 | calm |
| Mar | 8 | calm |
| Apr | 9 | calm |
| May | 8 | calm |
| Jun | 6 | calm |
| Jul | 4 | calm |
| Aug | 5 | calm |
| Sep | 5 | calm |
| Oct | 7 | calm |
| Nov | 7 | calm |
| Dec | 7 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Madera
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Madera's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Madera
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Madera throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late March, Madera 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 Madera for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid March to early June and again from late September to mid November, with a peak score in the first week of May.
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) | 4.6 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 4.8 |
| Rating | fair | fair | good | ideal | ideal | good | fair | fair | good | ideal | good | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 | fair |
| Feb | 5.3 | fair |
| Mar | 6.9 | good |
| Apr | 8.3 | ideal |
| May | 8.4 | ideal |
| Jun | 6.0 | good |
| Jul | 4.5 | fair |
| Aug | 5.0 | fair |
| Sep | 6.7 | good |
| Oct | 8.0 | ideal |
| Nov | 6.9 | 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 time of year to visit Madera for hot-weather activities is from late 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 Madera, 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 29°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 13°C), pack a warm layer.
In June, Madera sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 13°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Madera 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 Madera peaks around June 18 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 | 12 | 14 | 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 | 12 | Extreme |
| Jun | 14 | 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 Madera
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 | 8.5 | 9 | 9 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | 0 |
| Feb | 6 | 2.5 |
| Mar | 7 | 4.5 |
| Apr | 8 | 6 |
| May | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Jun | 9 | 7 |
| Jul | 9 | 7 |
| Aug | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Sep | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Oct | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| Nov | 5.5 | 1 |
| Dec | 4 | 0 |
Growing season
The growing season in Madera typically lasts about 312 days, from around February 5 to December 13 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 5 to November 9.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 44 | 58 | 78 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 83 | 50 |
| Frost nights | 31 | 28 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 31 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 31 |
| Feb | 58 | 28 |
| Mar | 78 | 31 |
| Apr | 95 | 7 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 99 | 0 |
| Nov | 83 | 21 |
| Dec | 50 | 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. Madera banks about 1,719 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 | 0 | 14 | 100 | 224 | 326 | 324 | 304 | 254 | 152 | 21 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 14 |
| Apr | 100 |
| May | 224 |
| Jun | 326 |
| Jul | 324 |
| Aug | 304 |
| Sep | 254 |
| Oct | 152 |
| Nov | 21 |
| 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.
Madera receives about 5.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.8 and 8.1 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 5 to Sep 3. The brightest month is May, averaging about 8.1 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 3.8 kWh/m² — roughly 53% less than the May peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.1 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 | Bright |
| Feb | 5.0 | Bright |
| Mar | 6.4 | Intense |
| Apr | 7.6 | Intense |
| May | 8.2 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.6 | Intense |
| Jul | 6.3 | Intense |
| Aug | 6.2 | Intense |
| Sep | 5.7 | Bright |
| Oct | 5.3 | Bright |
| Nov | 4.3 | Bright |
| Dec | 3.8 | Moderate |
Where is Madera?
Madera sits at 29.2°N, 108.1°W, 2,117 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Nuevo Casas Grandes, 138 km away.
Topography around Madera
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Madera.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Madera has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 268 m around an average of 2,145 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,421 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,480 m.
The land around Madera is covered by trees (35%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (24%) 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 Madera (29.1927°, -108.1433°, elevation 2,117 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).