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Veracruz weather by month: averages, rainfall & climate trends

Warmth in Veracruz is remarkably steady: only 6.8°C separates the warmest month from the coolest, so there is no cold season to speak of. Most of the year's rain is packed into the months from June to October. Veracruz weather by month: average temperatures, rainfall, extremes and how the climate has changed since 1940.

Today vs average

−0.8°Chigh near average

29° / 22°Today
29° / 22°Average
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How it's changed

+1.7°Caverage temperature, 2016–2025 vs 1940–1949average temperature vs 1940–49248days above 30°C a year now (2016–2025) · 161 in the 1940sdays above 30°C · 161 in the 1940s+1.7°C vs the 1940s · see how it's changed →
Weather by montha typical year, averaged over the full recordJanuary, rain 24 mmhigh 26°low 19°February, rain 18 mmhigh 28°low 19°March, rain 20 mmhigh 30°low 21°April, rain 28 mmhigh 32°low 24°May, rain 53 mmhigh 34°low 25°June, rain 196 mmhigh 32°low 25°July, rain 231 mmhigh 31°low 24°August, rain 184 mmhigh 31°low 24°September, rain 215 mmhigh 31°low 24°October, rain 106 mmhigh 30°low 23°November, rain 51 mmhigh 28°low 21°December, rain 28 mmhigh 27°low 20°wettest month July, 231 mm · 1,153 mm a yearsee month by month →

Right now

What it's doing today vs the historical average for this date.
Overcast

Right now

24.4°

28°feels like
77%humidity
20°dew point
6 km/hfrom NW
UV index0.0
sunrise06:20sunset17:58day length11h 39m
MonPartly cloudy29°22°
TodayOvercast28°23°
WedOvercast28°24°
ThuOvercast28°24°
FriOvercast29°23°
SatPartly cloudy29°22°
SunShowers25°24°

On this date: October 20

Today (forecast)
29° / 22°
Average for October 20
29° / 22°

High near average · −0.8°C

  • Highest since 1940: 35.0° · 2004
  • Lowest since 1940: 17.3° · 1955
  • One year ago: 31° / 25°

Every October 20 in history, coldest to hottest

▲ Daily highs▼ Daily lows

Dots show daily highs (top) and lows (bottom) for each October 20 on record (n = 87). Outlined dots are today's forecast.

Area we sample

Each city's history comes from one ERA5 grid cell, about 28 km across, shown by the dashed box. Near mountains or coasts, conditions can vary across the cell.

Location & data

Historical weather for Veracruz is sampled from the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at 19.18°N, 96.14°W, with daily records since 1940.

Coordinates
19.18°N, 96.14°W
Time zone
America/Mexico City
Period
1940–2026
Data source
ERA5 (ECMWF)

Last 30 days

27 of the last 31 days were warmer than the historical average for that date. Average difference: +1.3°C.

Each bar is one day, from morning low to afternoon high. Warm-colored bars are days whose mean ran above average; cool bars ran below. The dot inside the bar is the daily mean. The shaded band is the typical 10–90% range expected for that date. Average = the day's mean temperature averaged across every year of record (1940–2026) for that calendar date.

This date over the years

One dot per year, showing the mean temperature on this calendar date. Dots are warmer or cooler than the long-term average (dashed line); the shaded band is the typical 10–90% range, and the highlighted dot is today's forecast. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Weather by month

Average temperatures and rainfall for each month: a typical year, from the full record.

Climate overview

May brings the year's peak warmth, with afternoons typically reaching 33.6°C and nights around 25.2°C. The coolest month is January, when afternoons reach about 26.4°C and overnight lows sit around 18.8°C.

In total, Veracruz averages about 1,153 mm of precipitation a year; July is usually the wettest month (231 mm) and February the driest (18 mm).

The record here starts in 1940, and since then the annual mean in Veracruz has climbed 1.7°C from the first ten years to the last ten. The count of days past 30°C has risen from roughly 160 a year to 250 between the record's first and last decades.

Climate graph (climograph)

May is the warmest month, January the coolest: a yearly swing of 7°C. Wettest month: July (~231 mm). Whole year averages ~1,153 mm of rain.

Bars = average monthly rainfall (right axis). Lines = average daily high and low (left axis). Average = each month's value averaged across every year of record (1940–2026).

Monthly wind

Average daily peak wind at 10 m, by month.

Monthly solar energy

Average daily incoming solar energy in megajoules per square metre: the record's own proxy for how sunny the month is.

Veracruz month by month: what to expect

Typical conditions for each month, averaged across the full record (since 1940). Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset. Highest and Lowest are the most extreme values in the ERA5 dataset (modelled since 1940), so they can differ from official weather-station readings.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainDaylightHighestLowest
January26.4°18.8°24 mm11.0 h37.5° (2017)10.1° (1973)
February27.7°19.4°18 mm11.4 h39.4° (2019)9.7° (1960)
March30.2°21.4°20 mm11.9 h42.3° (1952)13.2° (1993)
April32.4°23.5°28 mm12.4 h43.7° (1953)14.7° (1987)
May33.6°25.2°53 mm12.9 h42.9° (2024)18.8° (1962)
June32.2°24.9°196 mm13.1 h42.4° (1998)21.3° (1984)
July31.1°24.0°231 mm13.1 h38.0° (2020)21.1° (1956)
August31.4°24.2°184 mm12.7 h37.9° (2019)20.8° (1984)
September30.7°24.0°215 mm12.1 h37.0° (1961)18.5° (1967)
October29.7°22.9°106 mm11.6 h37.0° (1984)14.6° (2007)
November28.3°21.1°51 mm11.1 h35.2° (1989)11.8° (2011)
December26.9°19.6°28 mm10.8 h36.2° (2010)9.0° (1989)

How it's changed

Year-by-year signals from 1940 to today.

Climate stripes

Annual mean shifted from 1940–1949 to 2016–2025 by +1.7°C.

Each vertical stripe is one year. Color encodes how much that year's annual mean differed from the long-term average. Average = each year's annual mean compared to the average of all years (1940–2026). cooler ← → warmer

Annual mean temperature

Long-term trend: +0.21°C per decade.

One point per year, showing the temperature averaged across the whole year. The dashed line is the least-squares long-term trend. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Seasonal warming

Sep–Nov is warming fastest: +0.27°C per decade.

Each faint line is one three-month period's average per year; the bold dashed line is its long-term trend. Different parts of the year often warm at different rates. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Hot days vs frost days

Days ≥ 30°C per year: 160.8 early in the record → 247.9 recently. Frost days: 0 → 0.

Thin lines are raw yearly counts; thick lines are the smoothed trend that removes year-to-year noise. The hot-day threshold is auto-picked per city so the line actually moves. Average = a centered 5-year rolling average to smooth weather noise.

Yearly hot & cold extremes

Hottest day since 1940 in 1953, coldest in 1989: 43.7°C / 9.0°C.

One point per year: the single hottest and coldest day recorded that year.

Annual rainfall

~1,153 mm/year on average. Last decade: +1% vs that average. Long-term trend: +23 mm per decade.

One bar per year of total rainfall. Dashed line is the long-term average. Average = the average annual rainfall across every year of record (1940–2026).

Day-by-day grid

Each tiny square is one calendar day across the full record, about 30,000 days per city. Use the mode switch above the chart: Anomaly colors each day by how far it ran from the historical average for that date (red = warmer, blue = cooler), Daily mean temp shows the absolute mean temperature for the day (useful to see seasons and heatwaves), and Precipitation shows daily rainfall (useful to spot wet/dry seasons and droughts). Average = the long-term average for that calendar date (1940–2026).

Frequently asked questions about Veracruz

Which is the warmest month in Veracruz?
On long-term average, the warmest month in Veracruz is May (mean daily temperature of about 28.9°C) and the coolest is January (about 22.1°C).
How does today's temperature in Veracruz compare to the historical average?
On October 20, 2026, Veracruz is forecast to reach a high of 28.5°C and a low of 21.9°C. The long-term average for this date (the full record since 1940) is a high of 29.3°C and a low of 22.5°C, so today's high is 0.8°C cooler than that average.
How much has Veracruz warmed since 1940?
Comparing the first decade of the record (1940–1949) with the most recent (2016–2025), the annual mean temperature in Veracruz is about 1.7°C warmer.
How much does it rain in Veracruz?
Veracruz receives about 1,153 mm of precipitation per year on long-term average, with July typically the wettest month.
What is the average temperature in Veracruz?
Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Veracruz is about 25.8°C. The warmest month is May and the coolest is January.
What are the average temperatures in Veracruz by month?
Average daily highs and lows for each month in Veracruz (°C, full record since 1940): January 26°/19°, February 28°/19°, March 30°/21°, April 32°/24°, May 34°/25°, June 32°/25°, July 31°/24°, August 31°/24°, September 31°/24°, October 30°/23°, November 28°/21°, December 27°/20°.

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