Guanajuato weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇽 Mexico · highland town · Mediterranean climate

The best time to visit Guanajuato is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with December and January close behind. Guanajuato averages about 3,389 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in April.

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Sun hours / year

3,389

Sunniest month

April

Peak score

98/100

Rain / year

670 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

72k

Elevation

1,803 m

When is the best time to visit Guanajuato?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Guanajuato is April, then December and January. The dullest month is July (72/100, 165 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Guanajuato?

Guanajuato is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,389 hours of sunshine a year. April (98/100) is noticeably better than July (72). It ranks #20 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 670 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Aguascalientes Mexico · 117 km · best in Apr · 3,499 h sun/yr
• Morelia Mexico · 136 km · best in Jan · 3,088 h sun/yr
• Querétaro Mexico · 141 km · best in Dec · 3,313 h sun/yr
• San Luis Potosí Mexico · 152 km · best in Dec · 3,165 h sun/yr
• Guadalajara Mexico · 197 km · best in Apr · 3,329 h sun/yr
• Zacatecas Mexico · 245 km · best in Apr · 3,512 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Uruapan Mexico · 187 km · 3,095 h sun/yr · best in Apr

Head-to-head

How Guanajuato compares month by month: Guanajuato vs Guadalajara · Guanajuato vs Querétaro · Guanajuato vs San Luis Potosí · Guanajuato vs Aguascalientes · all comparisons