Santiago de Querétaro
City in Mexico: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
Santiago de Querétaro is a city in Mexico, in Querétaro. About 1.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Mexico in our atlas.
It lies at 20.59° N, 100.39° W, about 1,826 m (5,991 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Mexico_City time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Santiago de Querétaro. Green dots: other major cities of Mexico. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Santiago de Querétaro has a Mediterranean (warm summer) climate (Köppen Csb). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 5°C (41°F). Around 682 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
- León de los Aldama · 147 km
- Ecatepec de Morelos · 176 km
- Gustavo Adolfo Madero · 180 km
- Mexico City · 184 km
- Iztapalapa · 194 km
- Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl · 194 km
- Puebla · 284 km
- Guadalajara · 308 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3991164 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q173121 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
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