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Ciudad de Huajuapan de León has a hot semi-arid climate.
Dry country, big sun, modest rain — here's what that means in plain terms.
What this climate feels like
The four things a regular visitor actually wants to know:
Highs near 32°C in May.
Lows near 6°C in December.
About 544 mm of rain a year. Wettest in September.
A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.
What "hot semi-arid" means
Climate scientists sort every place on Earth into about 30 climate types, based on how hot, cold, wet and dry it is across the year. Ciudad de Huajuapan de León's type — hot semi-arid — sits in the broad family of dry climates — deserts and steppes.
Researchers write climate types as a short letter code. Here is what each letter means:
Cities with the same climate as Ciudad de Huajuapan de León
A hot semi-arid climate (BSh) — these recognizable cities share it. If you know one of them, you know roughly what to expect.
Ciudad de Huajuapan de León sits near a climate boundary
This city's climate sits within about 1.3 °C of the next type along. A slightly cooler or warmer decade could change which side of the boundary it lands on — but the lived weather doesn't change at the line.
Has Ciudad de Huajuapan de León's climate type changed?
Stable — Ciudad de Huajuapan de León's climate has held the same type between the 1971–2000 and 1991–2020 normals. The label is steady; the climate beneath it is still warming.
What this climate means for you
Native grasses, drought-tolerant shrubs and hardy fruit trees (figs, pomegranate, olives) do well. Vegetable gardens need irrigation.
Cool half of the year is comfortable; summer is hot and dusty. Watch for wet-season storms during the short rainy stretch.
Hot, dry and dusty — drought is a recurring issue. Comfortable winters; tough, sun-blasted summers.
Where these numbers come from
The climate type and the month-by-month figures on this page are computed from Ciudad de Huajuapan de León's measured 30-year climate normals (1991–2020) — the same official records behind Ciudad de Huajuapan de León's main climate page, so the two always agree.
Long-range climate maps measure things slightly differently and can place a city in a neighbouring category. Where they differ, this page uses the measured station record as the climate today.
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Huajuapan De Leon (obs), about 2 km from the city centre.