Zapopan
City in Mexico: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, 2021 - 012: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Zapopan is a city in Mexico, in Jalisco. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Mexico in our atlas.
It lies at 20.72° N, 103.39° W, about 1,565 m (5,135 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Mexico_City time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Zapopan. Green dots: other major cities of Mexico. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Zapopan has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 8°C (47°F). Around 802 mm (32 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
- Guadalajara · 6 km
- León de los Aldama · 183 km
- Santiago de Querétaro · 312 km
- Gustavo Adolfo Madero · 464 km
- Mexico City · 465 km
- Ecatepec de Morelos · 466 km
- Iztapalapa · 474 km
- Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl · 477 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3979770 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q147402 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, 2021 - 012: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Guggenheim Guadalajara: Original uploader was Asy arch at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Teatro Degollado: Salvador alc, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Los Arcos de Guadalajara: México en Fotos, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadio Telmex de Atletismo: Sjcarmonab, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Teatro Diana: PrensaTeatroDiana, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Arcos del milenio Guadalajara: Arturo Vez, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
