Aguascalientes weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇽 Mexico · highland city · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Aguascalientes is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with December and January close behind. Aguascalientes averages about 3,499 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in April.

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Sun hours / year

3,499

Sunniest month

April

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

632 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

869k

Elevation

1,861 m

When is the best time to visit Aguascalientes?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Aguascalientes is April, then December and January. The dullest month is July (72/100, 157 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Aguascalientes?

Aguascalientes is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,499 hours of sunshine a year. April (99/100) is noticeably better than July (72). It ranks #16 of 62 destinations in Mexico for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,138 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 632 mm falls in the three months around July.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Guanajuato Mexico · 117 km · best in Apr · 3,389 h sun/yr
• Zacatecas Mexico · 138 km · best in Apr · 3,512 h sun/yr
• San Luis Potosí Mexico · 156 km · best in Dec · 3,165 h sun/yr
• Guadalajara Mexico · 166 km · best in Apr · 3,329 h sun/yr
• Morelia Mexico · 246 km · best in Jan · 3,088 h sun/yr
• Querétaro Mexico · 252 km · best in Dec · 3,313 h sun/yr

Head-to-head

How Aguascalientes compares month by month: Aguascalientes vs Guadalajara · Aguascalientes vs San Luis Potosí · Aguascalientes vs Zacatecas · Aguascalientes vs Puerto Vallarta · all comparisons