Morelia weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇽 Mexico · highland city · Mediterranean climate

The best time to visit Morelia is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with April and December close behind. Morelia averages about 3,088 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 10 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,088

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

96/100

Rain / year

760 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

743k

Elevation

1,839 m

When is the best time to visit Morelia?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Morelia is January, then April and December. The dullest month is July (70/100, 180 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Morelia?

Morelia is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,088 hours of sunshine a year. January (96/100) is noticeably better than July (70). It ranks #34 of 62 destinations in Mexico for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,138 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 760 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Querétaro Mexico · 122 km · best in Dec · 3,313 h sun/yr
• Guanajuato Mexico · 136 km · best in Apr · 3,389 h sun/yr
• Toluca Mexico · 163 km · best in Feb · 2,945 h sun/yr
• Mexico City Mexico · 210 km · best in Jan · 2,945 h sun/yr
• Aguascalientes Mexico · 246 km · best in Apr · 3,499 h sun/yr
• Guadalajara Mexico · 250 km · best in Apr · 3,329 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Uruapan Mexico · 118 km · 3,095 h sun/yr · best in Apr

Head-to-head

How Morelia compares month by month: Morelia vs Querétaro · Morelia vs Toluca · Morelia vs Guanajuato · Morelia vs Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo · all comparisons