Climate and average weather in San Felipe

In San Felipe, the summers are warm, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.

Best: early January to early June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in San Felipe typically varies from 5°C to 27°C, and is rarely below 1°C or above 31°C. May is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit San Felipe for warm-weather activities are from early January to early June and mid October to late December.

Hottest
May
27°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Jul
134 mm
Driest
Dec
10 mm
Rain / yr
708 mm
89 wet days
Daylight
10.7–13.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2,089 m
21.5°N
Clearest
Feb
37% cloud

San Felipe is municipal seat of San Felipe, State of Guanajuato, Mexico.

Founded
1562

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

San Felipe 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 early June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in San Felipe, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 2.7 months, from March 28 to June 16, with daily high temperatures above 25°C. The hottest month of the year in San Felipe is May, with an average high of 27°C and low of 12°C.

The cool season lasts 2.5 months, from November 24 to February 7, with daily high temperatures below 21°C. The coldest month of the year in San Felipe is January, with an average low of 5°C and high of 20°C.

Days typically run about 14°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 16°C) in March.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan205
Feb226
Mar248
Apr2610
May2712
Jun2513
Jul2413
Aug2413
Sep2312
Oct2210
Nov217
Dec205

Average hourly temperature in San Felipe

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 May afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

San Felipe weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 193.410.87.4
Feb22° / 162.811.38.1
Mar24° / 193.511.88.4
Apr26° / 10°234.112.57.7
May27° / 12°599136.9
Jun25° / 13°11612.413.36.4
Jul24° / 13°13414.213.26.4
Aug24° / 13°11212.112.76.6
Sep23° / 12°12514.212.16.0
Oct22° / 10°547.711.57.1
Nov21° / 213.9117.8
Dec20° / 101.810.77.8

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

San Felipe gets about 708 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 5.5 months, from around May 5 to Oct 18, peaking in June at about 53% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 8.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 134 mm over about 14 wet days; December is the driest, with 10 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 30 · 53%Dec 8 · 5%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan113
Feb103
Mar114
Apr154
May289
Jun4212
Jul4414
Aug4112
Sep4614
Oct268
Nov134
Dec62

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, San Felipe collects about 708 mm of rain across 89 wet days — roughly 59 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 134 mm, while December is the driest at just 10 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 53% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1916192359116134112125542110
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan193
Feb163
Mar194
Apr234
May599
Jun11612
Jul13414
Aug11212
Sep12514
Oct548
Nov214
Dec102

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In San Felipe, 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 October 24 and lasts for 7.6 months, ending around June 10. The clearest month is March, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 73% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 11 and lasts for 4.4 months, ending around October 23. The cloudiest month is September, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 62% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 25 · 75%Sep 11 · 36%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6436
Feb7129
Mar7327
Apr6634
May6931
Jun5446
Jul4753
Aug5149
Sep3862
Oct5347
Nov6931
Dec6535

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

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 6, brings about 13 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.87:296:19
Feb11.37:216:37
Mar11.86:596:50
Apr12.56:307:00
May13.06:107:12
Jun13.36:067:24
Jul13.26:157:26
Aug12.76:277:11
Sep12.16:366:43
Oct11.56:456:15
Nov11.07:015:59
Dec10.77:206:02

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

San Felipe averages about 13 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.1 months, from around Oct 25 to Apr 28. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is September, down near 7 sunny days — about 63% fewer than the February peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantFeb 2119 daysSep 86 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan16Bright
Feb16Bright
Mar18Bright
Apr14Mixed
May14Mixed
Jun10Mixed
Jul8Mixed
Aug9Mixed
Sep7Gloomy
Oct11Mixed
Nov16Bright
Dec16Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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 San Felipe, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in October, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccomfortabledry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May946
Jun7030
Jul7129
Aug6931
Sep6139
Oct8812
Nov991
Dec1000

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.

Wind in San Felipe is steady company: average speeds sit near 9 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeApr 3 · 10 km/hDec 6 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb9calm
Mar10calm
Apr10calm
May9calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep9calm
Oct9calm
Nov8calm
Dec8calm

Hazard calendar for San Felipe

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

San Felipe's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Best time to visit San Felipe

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in San Felipe throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late May, San Felipe 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 time of year to visit San Felipe for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid October to early June, with a peak score in the last week of February.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 27 · 8.6

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).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan7.4good
Feb8.1ideal
Mar8.4ideal
Apr7.7ideal
May6.9good
Jun6.4good
Jul6.4good
Aug6.5good
Sep6.1good
Oct7.1good
Nov7.8ideal
Dec7.8ideal

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 San Felipe for hot-weather activities is from late February to mid June, with a peak score in the first week of April.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 2 · 7.5

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 San Felipe, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

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 May (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 20°C), pack a warm layer and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In May, San Felipe sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 12°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in San Felipe by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 San Felipe peaks around June 10 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highJun 10UV 14Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Average hourly UV index in San Felipe

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan63.5
Feb75
Mar86
Apr8.56.5
May8.57
Jun97
Jul8.56.5
Aug8.56.5
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov6.53.5
Dec63
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

San Felipe is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan980
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec980

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

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. San Felipe banks about 2,282 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan66
Feb112
Mar186
Apr244
May290
Jun272
Jul252
Aug250
Sep221
Oct186
Nov122
Dec81

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.

San Felipe receives about 6.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.7 and 7.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Feb 18 to Aug 21. The brightest month is April, averaging about 7.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 4.7 kWh/m² — roughly 37% less than the April peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 267.6 kWhDec 204.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.9Bright
Feb5.9Bright
Mar6.9Intense
Apr7.5Intense
May7.4Intense
Jun6.6Intense
Jul6.3Intense
Aug6.2Intense
Sep5.4Bright
Oct5.3Bright
Nov5.0Bright
Dec4.8Bright

Where is San Felipe?

San Felipe sits at 21.5°N, 101.2°W, 2,089 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Dolores Hidalgo, 46 km away.

Topography around San Felipe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Felipe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 2,092 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 972 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,421 m.

The land around San Felipe is covered by cropland (33%), shrubs (28%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (44%), cropland (23%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (54%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
972 m
80 km
1,421 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Dolores Hidalgo 46 km · Guanajuato 51 km · Marfil 54 km · Medina 56 km · León de los Aldama 63 km · Silao de la Victoria 63 km · La Ermita 65 km · Centro Familiar la Soledad 67 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 San Felipe (21.4788°, -101.2158°, elevation 2,089 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).