Tijuana
City in Mexico: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Panoramica Paseo Del Rio: Urbaner44, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tijuana is a city in Mexico, in Baja California. About 1.9 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Mexico in our atlas.
It lies at 32.50° N, 117.00° W, about 97 m (318 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Tijuana time zone.
Location
Red dot: Tijuana. Green dots: other major cities of Mexico. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tijuana has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 29°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 8°C (46°F). Around 268 mm (11 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
- Mexicali · 146 km
- Ciudad Juárez · 991 km
- Monterrey · 1,736 km
- Zapopan · 1,826 km
- Guadalajara · 1,832 km
- León de los Aldama · 1,911 km
- Santiago de Querétaro · 2,042 km
- Ecatepec de Morelos · 2,207 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3981609 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q124739 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Panoramica Paseo Del Rio: Urbaner44, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Centroculturaltijuana: AnakTianshi, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- HATIJ 2: IFCM, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hospital Centro Medico Excel: Excel Hospital, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
