Mexicali
City in Mexico: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
MexicaliMontage: el.mariano, Hlecuanda, El bart089, Usfirstgov, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Mexicali is a city in Mexico, in Baja California. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 15th largest city of Mexico in our atlas.
It lies at 32.63° N, 115.45° W, about 4 m (13 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Tijuana time zone.
Location
Red dot: Mexicali. Green dots: other major cities of Mexico. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mexicali has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 43°C (110°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 6°C (44°F). Around 125 mm (5 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
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
- Tijuana · 145 km
- Ciudad Juárez · 847 km
- Monterrey · 1,611 km
- Zapopan · 1,738 km
- Guadalajara · 1,744 km
- León de los Aldama · 1,813 km
- Santiago de Querétaro · 1,942 km
- Ecatepec de Morelos · 2,107 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3996069 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q199440 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- MexicaliMontage: el.mariano, Hlecuanda, El bart089, Usfirstgov, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nido de Los Águilas: Jon Gudorf Photography, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- United States Inspection Station, Calexico, California: Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
