León de los Aldama
City in Mexico: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
León montage: Antuán, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
León de los Aldama is a city in Mexico, in Guanajuato. About 1.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Mexico in our atlas.
It lies at 21.12° N, 101.68° W, about 1,803 m (5,915 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Mexico_City time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: León de los Aldama. Green dots: other major cities of Mexico. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
León de los Aldama has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 31°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 5°C (42°F). Around 683 mm (27 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
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
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
- Santiago de Querétaro · 147 km
- Guadalajara · 179 km
- Zapopan · 182 km
- Ecatepec de Morelos · 319 km
- Gustavo Adolfo Madero · 322 km
- Mexico City · 325 km
- Iztapalapa · 335 km
- Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl · 336 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3998655 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q189128 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- León montage: Antuán, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- CAM00261: Francisco Rivas76, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
