Milpa Alta weather in July

In July, Milpa Alta sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 345 mm of rain across 27 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of July to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Milpa Alta's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Milpa Alta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
345 mm
27 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:10 AM – 7:13 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Milpa Alta is human settlement in Mexico.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 19.7 µg/m³ · 2017

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Milpa Alta reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Milpa Alta weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 193.4117.3
Feb20° / 173.511.37.8
Mar22° / 225.211.97.8
Apr23° / 406.912.47.5
May23° / 10°7912.512.96.6
Jun22° / 11°24320.113.14.9
Jul20° / 10°34527133.8
Aug20° / 10°33726.512.73.8
Sep20° / 11°27323.612.14.1
Oct20° / 1201411.65.6
Nov19° / 355.711.17.0
Dec19° / 122.210.97.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31486
41585
51585
61684
71684
81882
91981
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111981
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Milpa Alta gets around 345 mm of rain over 27 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 87% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3085
3185

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
18812
28911
39010
49010
5919
6928
7928
8937
9937
10946
11946
12955
13955
14955
15964
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Wind in July

Winds average 4 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
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154calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of July to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:05 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 7:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:057:14
213.16:057:14
313.16:067:14
413.16:067:14
513.16:067:14
613.16:077:14
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1713.06:107:13
1813.06:117:13
1913.06:117:13
2013.06:127:13
2113.06:127:12
2213.06:127:12
2313.06:137:12
2413.06:137:11
2513.06:137:11
2613.06:147:11
2712.96:147:10
2812.96:147:10
2912.96:157:10
3012.96:157:09
3112.96:157:09

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.91 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 5.91 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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206.0Intense
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Milpa Alta

In seasonPeak

In July, Milpa Alta sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Milpa Alta's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Milpa Alta?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.8
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Milpa Alta.

What to pack for Milpa Alta in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Milpa Alta sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Milpa Alta in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Milpa Alta peaks around April 9 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 9UV 14Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Milpa Alta in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Milpa Alta is worst in December — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Milpa Alta's WHO annual average of 19.7 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateDec 1125 µg/m³Apr 1416 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec25Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Milpa Alta?

Milpa Alta sits at 19.2°N, 99.0°W, 2,428 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Antonio Tecómitl, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Milpa Alta

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Milpa Alta.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Milpa Alta has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 576 m around an average of 2,504 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,454 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,627 m.

The land around Milpa Alta is covered by trees (32%), artificial surfaces (28%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, trees (38%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 16 km, and trees (36%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
576 m
16 km
1,454 m
80 km
4,627 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: San Antonio Tecómitl 5.0 km · San Juan Ixtayopan 5.0 km · San Pablo Oztotepec 5.0 km · Tláhuac 11 km · Xochimilco 11 km · San Mateo Huitzilzingo 11 km · Xico 12 km · San Miguel Topilejo 13 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
Catholic 78%no religion 11%other Evangelical Churches 8%Jehovah Witness 1%

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 Milpa Alta (19.1925°, -99.0232°, elevation 2,428 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).