Everyone says Lake Chapala has one of the best climates on earth. We’d rather show you five years of measured data and let it speak for itself.
What a typical day looks like, month by month. Pick a month and compare it with the live panel above.
Average high / low
25° / 17°
afternoons and nights
Feels like
29° / 19°
day / night
Humidity
79%
Dew point
17°C
Wind
6 km/h
daily average
Pressure
1016 hPa
Rainfall
159 mm
24 rainy days
Sunshine
10.4 h/day
measured, not daylight
Sun schedule
6:32 · 19:23
12h 50m of daylight
24°C
average January high
75°F, in the middle of winter
10.8 h
of sunshine per day
year-round average
12°C
coolest average night
January nights, 54°F
95%
of rain falls Jun–Oct
mostly evening showers
Average daily highs and lows by month. The whole year lives between 12°C nights and 32°C afternoons: no furnace winters, no air-conditioner summers.
Average monthly rainfall. The rainy season is dramatic but polite: it waters the mountains in the evening and hands the day back by morning.
Average daily high, month by month. Notice the shape of the Chapala line: it barely moves. That flatness, not any single number, is the famous climate. Type your hometown above to see it on the chart.
The sun’s actual schedule over Lakeside, every day of the year. This close to the tropics the golden band barely breathes: the shortest December day still gives almost 11 hours of light, and sunset stays between about 6:10 and 7:40 pm all year. No 4:30 pm winter darkness, and no 10 pm summer sun either. Add your hometown above to overlay its sunrise and sunset.
13h 22m
Longest day
around June 22
10h 54m
Shortest day
around December 21
2h 28m
Swing across the year
between the two
November – February
Sunny days in the mid-70s °F (around 24°C), crisp nights in the mid-50s (about 13°C). This is sweater-in-the-evening season: fireplaces get lit, and the patios stay open. Snowbird months, and it shows.
March – May
The warmest, driest stretch of the year: afternoons in the high 80s °F (low 30s °C), essentially zero rain, twelve hours of sun a day, and the jacarandas in full purple bloom.
June – October
The rains arrive, almost always as evening and overnight showers that clear by morning. Days stay in the high 70s °F (mid-20s °C), the mountains turn deep green, and 95% of the year’s rain falls in these five months.
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Browse listingsHistorical normals computed from 2021–2025 daily ERA5 reanalysis records (Open-Meteo Historical Weather API, CC-BY 4.0). City comparisons show average daily high temperatures. Sunrise, sunset, and twilight times are computed astronomically (NOAA solar equations) for the Lakeside corridor. Live forecast data: MET Norway.