Puebla weather by month
The best time to visit Puebla is February, November and December — 93/100 in November, 24°C and 4 rainy days. The best season is winter, December to February (91/100 on average).
The worst month is September at 77/100 — warm, soaked, clean air. See September →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: December to February (91/100 on average) · worst September (77/100)
- Days
- 24°C
- Nights
- 9°C
- Wet days
- 4
- Sun
- 10.2 h
- Humidity
- 64%
- Daylight
- 11 h
Puebla, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Puebla is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Puebla through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Puebla in November
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
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Good to know before you go to Puebla
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
Customs & etiquette
A traveler visiting Puebla describes touring the Talavera Santa Catarina ceramics factory in nearby Cholula as a genuine highlight, noting Puebla holds the world's only denomination of origin specifically for Talavera pottery - meaning authentic Talavera can legally only be produced here, unlike many other regional crafts that get replicated elsewhere. Another visitor toured both Talavera Santa Catarina and the separate Uriarte Talavera showroom in Puebla itself on the same trip, finding both genuinely stunning and worth the comparison since techniques and designs differ meaningfully between workshops. A third traveler picked up hand-painted Talavera cups directly at Santa Catarina, citing prices around $15 each as genuinely fair given the hand-craftsmanship involved, distinct from the marked-up tourist-shop versions found elsewhere in the city center. Posters generally recommend visiting an actual workshop rather than only browsing central-city shops, both for fairer pricing and to see the traditional hand-painting process firsthand, and pairing the visit with Puebla's cathedral - Mexico's tallest church towers - given both sit within a short trip of each other.
Traveller notes on Puebla
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters describe February days in Puebla as pleasant (around 65-70F) but nights turning genuinely cold (40-50F), a swing attributed to the city's roughly 2,200m elevation - higher than Mexico City itself. Posters consistently recommend layering: something warm for indoors plus a proper sweater or light down jacket for evenings, since most hotels and homestays lack central heating and an extra blanket is standard advice. Despite the chill after dark, posters call the daytime weather genuinely nice year-round at this altitude, with one recent late-January trip report describing conditions as simply 'perfect' - a sentiment posters extend to February as a similarly dry, cool-but-comfortable month for exploring the city's colonial architecture on foot.
Forum posters describe Puebla's rainy season, running roughly June through early September, as bringing a short, refreshing afternoon shower most days - genuinely different in character from the heavier, more prolonged rain typical of Mexico's coastal regions. Posters note the rain brings real upside: everything greens up and the dust that builds during the dry season washes away. Posters consistently recommend a sweater for evenings, since Puebla's high elevation keeps temperatures moderate even during the wetter, warmer months. Posters generally rate August as a pleasant time to visit Puebla despite the daily rain chance, with the showers typically brief enough not to derail a day of sightseeing.
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