Average Annual Rainfall for Mexico

The tables below give annual averages for rainfall at cities in Mexico. Each place has a total for days of wet weather and for the amount of rain it gets on average during a year.

The calculation of rainy days only includes days when rainfall totalled 0.004 inches (0.1 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages of weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

You can jump to a separate table for different regions of the country: Baja California, Northern Mexico, The Bajio, Central Mexico, Pacific Coast and Yucatán Peninsula.

Place name links take you to more detailed rainfall information for that location.

Baja California

Rain totals here are for places in the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur in northwest Mexico.

Average yearly precipitation

Days	City	Inches	Milli­metres
14	Cabo San Lucas	10.0	255
19	La Paz	7.2	184
16	Mexicali	2.9	73
15	San Jose del Cabo	14.1	357
38	Tijuana	10.3	261

Northern Mexico

This section covers the states of Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Sinaloa and Sonora.

Annual averages for rainfall plus snowfall

Days	City	Inches	Milli­metres
50	Culiacán	26.2	666
65	Durango	17.0	432
38	Hermosillo	15.3	389
63	Monterrey	23.5	597
61	Saltillo	14.3	364
35	Torreón	9.2	233

The Bajio

These cities are in Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí states.

Average amount of rain and snow a year

Days	City	Inches	Milli­metres
65	Aguascalientes	19.9	507
75	Guanajuato City	29.1	739
72	León	26.8	681
61	Querétaro	20.8	528
66	San Luis Potosí	14.5	368

Central Mexico

Rainfall totals here are for places in the states of Distrito Federal, Puebla and Veracruz.

Average annual precipitation

Days	City	Inches	Milli­metres
64	Mexico City	12.0	304
110	Puebla	37.1	942
73	Tampico	39.1	993
106	Veracruz	67.7	1719

Pacific Coast

This list covers the states of Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit and Oaxaca

Total precipitation a year on average

Days	City	Inches	Milli­metres
69	Acapulco	53.2	1352
88	Guadalajara	38.9	989
55	Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo	41.1	1043
107	Morelia	30.3	769
67	Oaxaca	27.3	694
95	Puerto Vallarta	64.6	1641
69	San Blas	57.4	1457
108	San Cristobal de las Casas	42.8	1087
94	Taxco	44.9	1139
94	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	37.8	961

Yucatán Peninsula

These cities are in the states of Quintana Roo, Tobasco and Yucatán.

Annual average precipitation

Days	City	Inches	Milli­metres
112	Cancun	51.2	1300
85	Mérida	43.1	1095
82	Tulum	43.3	1099
127	Villahermosa	77.7	1975