Guadalajara Travel Weather

What's the Weather Like When Traveling to Guadalajara?

Guadalajara is Mexico's second largest city located in west central Mexico. It has a metropolitan population of over four million. It has a humid subtropical climate. This indicates a climate with warm winters and hot and wet summers. Guadalajara has dry weather over six months of the year and is situated at over 5000 feet altitude in the Mexican highlands. There are very little direct effects from hurricanes in the eastern Pacific, except for occasionally some clouds and rain.

Guadalajara Rainfall
Guadalajara has a short wet season which coincides with summer. The rest of the year is very dry with less than one half inch of rain per month on average. Several of the months receive less than 1/4" of rainfall. The short but intense wet season begins in June and continues through September or into early October. Rainfall is caused by summer heating over the mountains which builds thunderstorms. Rainfall amounts of six to ten inches occur each month during this time with July being the wettest month with nearly eleven inches.

Guadalajara Temperatures
Guadalajara's temperatures are mild most of the year. The spring is the hottest time of year when there is abundant sunshine. Daily highs reach near 90 degrees. Beacause of an increase in clouds with thundershowers, summertime temperatures are somewhat cooler - in the low 80's on average. Low temperatures are the highest during the summer with an increase in humidity. Readings are usually in the low to mid 70's. Winter is much different where overnight lows are near 50. Record lows are in the upper 20's and 30's from November through May.

Guadalajara Weather Summary
Guadalajara has a very pleasant mild climate tempered by its high altitude. Rain is rare most of the year for the exception of summer, where thundershowers develop on many of the days over the mountains. There is little threat from eastern Pacific hurricanes, although occasionally one can be close enough to produce clouds and rain.

Sunrise / Sunset Times (All times are for the first day of each month)

Guadalajara

Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sunrise

7:30

7:14

7:47

7:23

7:12

7:16

7:28

7:37

7:45

6:56

7:13

Sunset

6:25

6:45

6:58

8:08

8:18

8:31

8:38

8:31

8:09

7:41

6:18

6:12

Guadalajara travel weather quick summary

Guadalajara travel weather - hottest months: April, May
Guadalajara travel weather - coolest months: December, January
Guadalajara travel weather - wettest months: June - September
Guadalajara travel weather - driest months: February, March, April

Guadalajara
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average High	77	80	85	89	91	88	82	82	81	82	80	77
Record High	94	91	99	103	102	102	94	93	91	94	98	88
Average Low	50	51	55	59	63	64	62	62	62	59	54	51
Record Low	36	29	37	33	50	37	33	54	37	48	37	31
Days of Rain	2	1	1	1	3	14	21	19	15	6	2	2
Average Rainfall	0.72"	0.21"	0.28"	0.38"	0.77"	6.69"	10.67"	8.58"	6.28"	2.22"	0.57"	0.51"

Climatology courtesy of the Mexico National Weather Service.