Climate
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Xalapa features a humid subtropical climate that borders on a subtropical highland climate under the Köppen climate classification. The climate in Xalapa is semi-humid, but the city is relatively cool being located in the mountains over 1400 metres above sea level. The climate can be variable, having a maximum temperature of 37.3 °C and a minimum ranging from 0 °C to 10 °C, but on average the temperature does not fluctuate greatly all year round with an average annual temperature of 18 °C. The warmer season in Xalapa tends to fall between March and reaching a peak in May when the average high reaches 28 °C and low of 17 °C. The cooler season is late December, January and February with an average low of 11 °C and an average high of 22 °C.
The average annual precipitation is 1509.1 mm. During the cooler winter months rainfall is at a minimum, with Xalapa receiving only 42 millimetes in January and 38 millimetres in February on average. Snow, however, is common in winter outside the city at Perote, located around 35 minutes from Xalapa. Very early in the morning, Xalapa often has a mist, giving it a characteristic mountain atmosphere. The greatest rainfall occurs during the summer months, particularly in June, when on average rainfall reaches 328 millimetres, remaining relatively high until mid-September.
| Climate data for Xalapa | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 32.4 (90.3) |
33.4 (92.1) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.0 (98.6) |
38.4 (101.1) |
36.0 (96.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.4 (90.3) |
38.4 (101.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
22.8 (73.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 11.4 (52.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
15.5 (59.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.9 (60.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
10.0 (50.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
0.2 (32.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 42.2 (1.661) |
37.7 (1.484) |
45.6 (1.795) |
61.3 (2.413) |
121.1 (4.768) |
327.7 (12.902) |
203.4 (8.008) |
171.2 (6.74) |
269.8 (10.622) |
104.9 (4.13) |
66.5 (2.618) |
49.5 (1.949) |
1,500.9 (59.091) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 19.3 | 17.4 | 16.1 | 17.6 | 15.8 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 161.8 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional | |||||||||||||
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