Monterrey
City in Mexico: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Cerro de la Silla: Nathaniel C. Sheetz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Monterrey is a city in Mexico, in Nuevo León. About 1.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 13th largest city of Mexico in our atlas.
It lies at 25.68° N, 100.32° W, about 560 m (1,837 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Monterrey time zone.
Location
Red dot: Monterrey. Green dots: other major cities of Mexico. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Monterrey has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 3°C (38°F). Around 531 mm (21 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
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
- León de los Aldama · 525 km
- Santiago de Querétaro · 566 km
- Zapopan · 631 km
- Guadalajara · 633 km
- Ecatepec de Morelos · 686 km
- Gustavo Adolfo Madero · 698 km
- Mexico City · 705 km
- Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl · 710 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3995465 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q81033 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Cerro de la Silla: Nathaniel C. Sheetz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- ITESM Estadio Tecnologico: Pato Garza, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Puente en Monterrey, Nuevo León: Rick González, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mexico monterrey Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey 2: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cerro de la Silla désde la Macroplaza - panoramio: José Javier Reyna Va…, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Torresobispadomty001: Rollcloud, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Río Santa Catarina y el Cerro de las Mitras en Monterrey, Nuevo León, México (cropped): Chorizoconhuevo, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Parque Fundidora, Monterrey1: México en Fotos, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Farodelcomercio: Cvmontuy, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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