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Quito vs San Miguel de Allende

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Comparing Quito change · San Miguel de Allende change

Bottom line

Quito and San Miguel de Allende have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Quito is the wetter, with 94 in more rain a year, and San Miguel de Allende the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 2°F on the year

Wetter Quito 94 in more a year

Sunnier San Miguel de Allende 35 pp less cloud

Colder winters San Miguel de Allende 17°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Quito and San Miguel de Allende, in everyday terms.

Summers

San Miguel de Allende has much hotter summers

Quito: Mild
San Miguel de Allende: Hot

Winters

Quito has much milder winters

Quito: Mild
San Miguel de Allende: Chilly

Rain & snow

Quito is much wetter

Quito: Very wet
San Miguel de Allende: Moderate rainfall

Sky

San Miguel de Allende is far sunnier

Quito: Often grey
San Miguel de Allende: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Quito and San Miguel de Allende run remarkably close all year.

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 94 in more across the year.

Clear skies

San Miguel de Allende has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) San Miguel de Allende runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	72	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	76	74	73	72
San Miguel de Allende	74	78	83	87	88	83	79	80	78	78	76	74
Difference	+2	+6	+11	+14	+14	+9	+4	+3	+2	+4	+3	+2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	72	71	72	73	74	75
San Miguel de Allende	74	78	83	87	88	83
Difference	+2	+6	+11	+14	+14	+9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	76	77	76	74	73	72
San Miguel de Allende	79	80	78	78	76	74
Difference	+4	+3	+2	+4	+3	+2

Avg low (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	56	57	58	58	57	55	54	54	55	56	56	56
San Miguel de Allende	39	41	46	50	55	57	57	57	56	50	44	39
Difference	-17	-16	-12	-7	-2	+2	+3	+3	+1	-5	-12	-17

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	56	57	58	58	57	55
San Miguel de Allende	39	41	46	50	55	57
Difference	-17	-16	-12	-7	-2	+2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	54	54	55	56	56	56
San Miguel de Allende	57	57	56	50	44	39
Difference	+3	+3	+1	-5	-12	-17

Precipitation (in) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	11.6	11.1	13.1	13	10.6	6.6	5	5.1	8.6	11.2	11.9	12.2
San Miguel de Allende	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.6	4.8	5.7	4.1	5	1.6	0.6	0.2
Difference	-11.1	-10.5	-12.7	-12.4	-9	-1.7	+0.7	-0.9	-3.6	-9.7	-11.3	-12

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	11.6	11.1	13.1	13	10.6	6.6
San Miguel de Allende	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.6	4.8
Difference	-11.1	-10.5	-12.7	-12.4	-9	-1.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	5	5.1	8.6	11.2	11.9	12.2
San Miguel de Allende	5.7	4.1	5	1.6	0.6	0.2
Difference	+0.7	-0.9	-3.6	-9.7	-11.3	-12

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75	72	71	75	81	81	81
San Miguel de Allende	35	30	29	36	44	60	65	61	63	47	33	33
Difference	-46	-54	-58	-48	-37	-16	-7	-10	-13	-34	-49	-47

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75
San Miguel de Allende	35	30	29	36	44	60
Difference	-46	-54	-58	-48	-37	-16

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	72	71	75	81	81	81
San Miguel de Allende	65	61	63	47	33	33
Difference	-7	-10	-13	-34	-49	-47

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81	78	75	76	80	82	84
San Miguel de Allende	59	54	46	42	49	64	71	73	76	72	69	64
Difference	-27	-33	-40	-45	-36	-17	-6	-2	—	-8	-13	-21

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81
San Miguel de Allende	59	54	46	42	49	64
Difference	-27	-33	-40	-45	-36	-17

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	78	75	76	80	82	84
San Miguel de Allende	71	73	76	72	69	64
Difference	-6	-2	—	-8	-13	-21

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. Quito trends → · San Miguel de Allende trends →

Methodology & sources

Quito

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

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.

San Miguel de Allende

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Cinco Señores, about 16 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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