Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico: population, climate, map and landmarks

Overview

Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl is a city in Mexico, in México. About 1.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 14th largest city of Mexico in our atlas.

It lies at 19.40° N, 99.01° W, about 2,235 m (7,333 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Mexico_City time zone. It sits inside the tropics.

Location

Red dot: Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl. Green dots: other major cities of Mexico. Map data: Natural Earth.

Climate

Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 25°C (77°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 3°C (37°F). Around 896 mm (35 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.

Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.

Landmarks and places to see

ChimalhuacánArchaeological site

Cabeza de JuárezMuseum in Iztapalapa, Mexico City

Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.

What to eat in MexicoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.

Nearby major cities

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Sources

Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3530589 (CC BY 4.0)
Wikidata Q210307 (CC0)
Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology

Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.

Photo credits

Coyote en ayuno (Nezahualcóyotl, Edomex): Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Explanada "Los Pochotes": René Téllez Valverde, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
MX MM IZTAPALAPA VARIOS (49522443632) (cropped): Secretaría de Cultura Ciudad de México from México, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)