Uruapan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇽 Mexico · highland city · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Uruapan is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with January and December close behind. Uruapan averages about 3,095 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,095
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 746 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Population
- 300k
- Elevation
- 1,597 m
When is the best time to visit Uruapan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Uruapan is April, then January and December. The dullest month is July (70/100, 168 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Uruapan?
Uruapan is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,095 hours of sunshine a year. April (97/100) is noticeably better than July (70). It ranks #33 of 62 destinations in Mexico for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,138 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 64% of the year's 746 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 96 | 24° / 75°F | 10° / 50°F | 9 mm | 8 |
| February | 94 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 16 mm | 10 |
| March | 95 | 28° / 82°F | 12° / 54°F | 11 mm | 12 |
| April | 97 | 31° / 88°F | 14° / 57°F | 3 mm | 13 |
| May | 92 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 31 mm | 12 |
| June | 76 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 116 mm | 11 |
| July | 70 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 168 mm | 10 |
| August | 70 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 163 mm | 10 |
| September | 71 | 25° / 77°F | 15° / 59°F | 146 mm | 9 |
| October | 86 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 60 mm | 9 |
| November | 94 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 17 mm | 8 |
| December | 96 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 6 mm | 7 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Morelia Mexico · 118 km · best in Jan · 3,088 h sun/yr
- Guadalajara Mexico · 183 km · best in Apr · 3,329 h sun/yr
- Guanajuato Mexico · 187 km · best in Apr · 3,389 h sun/yr
- Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Mexico · 209 km · best in Mar · 3,154 h sun/yr
- Querétaro Mexico · 236 km · best in Dec · 3,313 h sun/yr
- Aguascalientes Mexico · 258 km · best in Apr · 3,499 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Colima Mexico · 162 km · 3,149 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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