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Medellín vs Mexico City

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Comparing Medellín change · Mexico City change

Bottom line

Medellín and Mexico City have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Medellín is the wetter, with 985 mm more rain a year, and Mexico City the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 1°C on the year

Wetter Medellín 985 mm more a year

Sunnier Mexico City 26 pp less cloud

Colder winters Mexico City 6°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Medellín and Mexico City, in everyday terms.

Summers

Mexico City has much hotter summers

Medellín: Mild
Mexico City: Warm

Winters

Medellín has much milder winters

Medellín: Mild
Mexico City: Cool

Rain & snow

Medellín is much wetter

Medellín: Very wet
Mexico City: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Mexico City is far sunnier

Medellín: Often grey
Mexico City: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Medellín and Mexico City run remarkably close all year.

Precipitation

Medellín is the wetter — about 985 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

Mexico City has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°C) Mexico City runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Medellín	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22
Mexico City	22	24	26	28	28	26	25	25	24	24	23	22
Difference	—	+2	+4	+6	+5	+4	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Medellín	22	22	23	23	23	23
Mexico City	22	24	26	28	28	26
Difference	—	+2	+4	+6	+5	+4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Medellín	23	23	23	22	22	22
Mexico City	25	25	24	24	23	22
Difference	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	—

Avg low (°C) Medellín runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Medellín	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13
Mexico City	6	8	10	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	9	7
Difference	-6	-5	-3	-2	-1	—	—	—	—	-2	-5	-6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Medellín	12	13	13	13	13	13
Mexico City	6	8	10	12	12	13
Difference	-6	-5	-3	-2	-1	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Medellín	12	12	13	13	13	13
Mexico City	12	12	12	11	9	7
Difference	—	—	—	-2	-5	-6

Precipitation (mm) Medellín runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Medellín	65	73	121	185	197	155	145	139	151	168	190	97
Mexico City	7	6	11	19	48	120	140	144	129	60	14	2
Difference	-58	-67	-110	-166	-149	-35	-5	+5	-22	-108	-176	-95

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Medellín	65	73	121	185	197	155
Mexico City	7	6	11	19	48	120
Difference	-58	-67	-110	-166	-149	-35

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Medellín	145	139	151	168	190	97
Mexico City	140	144	129	60	14	2
Difference	-5	+5	-22	-108	-176	-95

Cloud cover (%) Medellín runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Medellín	68	73	80	86	86	82	79	80	82	84	81	72
Mexico City	39	35	36	46	55	71	75	74	76	59	42	37
Difference	-29	-38	-43	-40	-31	-11	-5	-6	-6	-25	-38	-35

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Medellín	68	73	80	86	86	82
Mexico City	39	35	36	46	55	71
Difference	-29	-38	-43	-40	-31	-11

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Medellín	79	80	82	84	81	72
Mexico City	75	74	76	59	42	37
Difference	-5	-6	-6	-25	-38	-35

Relative humidity (%) Medellín runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Medellín	88	87	87	89	90	89	87	87	88	90	91	90
Mexico City	61	55	50	48	55	69	76	79	82	78	72	65
Difference	-26	-31	-38	-41	-35	-19	-11	-8	-6	-12	-19	-24

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Medellín	88	87	87	89	90	89
Mexico City	61	55	50	48	55	69
Difference	-26	-31	-38	-41	-35	-19

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Medellín	87	87	88	90	91	90
Mexico City	76	79	82	78	72	65
Difference	-11	-8	-6	-12	-19	-24

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Medellín trends → · Mexico City trends →

Methodology & sources

Medellín

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Jose Maria Cordova, a weather station, about 19 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Mexico City

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Playa Caleta 454 Colonia Marte, about 5 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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