Mexico City
Capital of Mexico: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Sobrevuelos CDMX HJ2A5091 (40386338731): Gobierno CDMX, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Mexico City is the capital of Mexico. About 12.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Mexico in our atlas.
It lies at 19.43° N, 99.13° W, about 2,240 m (7,349 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Mexico_City time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Mexico City. Green dots: other major cities of Mexico. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mexico City has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 25°C (77°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 3°C (37°F). Around 792 mm (31 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
- Gustavo Adolfo Madero · 7 km
- Iztapalapa · 11 km
- Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl · 12 km
- Ecatepec de Morelos · 21 km
- Puebla · 105 km
- Santiago de Querétaro · 184 km
- León de los Aldama · 327 km
- Guadalajara · 463 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3530597 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1489 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
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- Sobrevuelos CDMX HJ2A5091 (40386338731): Gobierno CDMX, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Musee National Anthropologie-Entree: kornemuz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palacio Nacional, México D.F., México, 2013-10-16, DD 119: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museo Frida Kahlo: No machine-readable author provided. Nachtwächter assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Luis Barragan House exterior 02: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Vista aérea del Castillo de Chapultepec 7: Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Angel de la independencia170409: Carlos Valenzuela, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Torre Mayor, México D.F., México, 2014-10-13, DD 11: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
