Climate averages 1991–2020
Las Cruces weather
by month.
See how the year changes. June has the highest average daily maximum; April has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Pleasant-weather months by our simple rule: MarchAprilOctoberNovember
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Las Cruces averages a daytime high of 25.2°C and a nighttime low of 11.6°C, with about 199 mm of rain on roughly 38 days. June is the warmest month (average high 35.8°C) and December the coolest (13.3°C). July is the wettest month with 32 mm; April is the driest with 5.0 mm.
Months with pleasant weather by a simple rule (average high between 18°C and 29°C, average low of at least 5°C and at most 8 rain days): March, April, October and November. This looks at temperature and rain only, not humidity, wind, sea temperature or crowds.
The annual picture
A year in Las Cruces
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Las Cruces climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 14 | 3.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.5°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 5.0 | 1.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 30.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 7.3 | 1.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 35.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 11 | 2.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 35.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 32 | 6.9 | 14.014 h |
| August | 34.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 26 | 6.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 29 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 20 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 14 | 2.2 | 10.511 h |
| December | 13.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 19 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
Nearby cities
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- Ciudad JuárezMexico · 72 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.9°C · 189 mm rain a year
- Agua PrietaMexico · 283 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 278 mm rain a year
- AlbuquerqueUnited States · 308 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 191 mm rain a year
- Rio RanchoUnited States · 325 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 244 mm rain a year
- Enchanted HillsUnited States · 337 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 350 mm rain a year
- Santa Fe, United StatesUnited States · 383 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 298 mm rain a year
- TucsonUnited States · 390 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 238 mm rain a year
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC-7, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 32.30°, -106.80° (3 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 0.2°C for the difference between the city's elevation (1,189 m) and the cell's (1,223 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 32.25°, -106.75°. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.