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New Mexico weather by city

VSWeather covers 46 cities and towns in New Mexico, from Albuquerque (population 562,488) down to El Cerro Mission (population 5,101). Few states see more sunshine: the typical covered city logs 297 sunny days a year against a national median of 205. Winters are cool and summers warm: the typical city averages 36 °F in January and 78 °F in July. Rain or snow falls on 59 days a year in the typical city, well below the national median of 122 days.

January averages run from 27 °F in Taos to 46 °F in Chaparral. July averages run from 66 °F in Ruidoso to 84 °F in Chaparral. Las Vegas dips below freezing on 195 nights a year against 49 in Chaparral.

The sharpest climate contrast among New Mexico's bigger cities is Sunland Park against Los Alamos: Sunland Park reaches 90 °F on 110 days a year against 4 in Los Alamos, and Los Alamos collects 42 inches of snow a winter to Sunland Park's 2 inches.

Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.

New Mexico climate standouts

The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.

Sunniest

  1. 1Alamogordo 307 sunny days
  2. 2Deming 305 sunny days
  3. 3Las Cruces 305 sunny days
  4. 4Santa Teresa 304 sunny days
  5. 5Albuquerque 304 sunny days
  6. 6South Valley 304 sunny days
  7. 7Truth or Consequences 304 sunny days
  8. 8Sunland Park 304 sunny days
  9. 9Chaparral 304 sunny days
  10. 10Anthony 304 sunny days

Snowiest

  1. 1Los Alamos 42 in of snow
  2. 2Zuni Pueblo 37 in of snow
  3. 3Taos 37 in of snow
  4. 4White Rock 37 in of snow
  5. 5Raton 33 in of snow
  6. 6Silver City 29 in of snow
  7. 7Gallup 26 in of snow
  8. 8Ruidoso 26 in of snow
  9. 9Edgewood 25 in of snow
  10. 10Grants 25 in of snow

Rainiest

  1. 1Raton 112 wet days a year
  2. 2Los Alamos 97 wet days a year
  3. 3Ruidoso 95 wet days a year
  4. 4White Rock 90 wet days a year
  5. 5Las Vegas 84 wet days a year
  6. 6Edgewood 78 wet days a year
  7. 7Grants 75 wet days a year
  8. 8Zuni Pueblo 74 wet days a year
  9. 9Santa Fe 68 wet days a year
  10. 10North Valley 68 wet days a year

Warmest

  1. 1Chaparral 65 °F average
  2. 2Anthony 65 °F average
  3. 3Sunland Park 64 °F average
  4. 4Carlsbad 64 °F average
  5. 5Las Cruces 63 °F average
  6. 6Santa Teresa 63 °F average
  7. 7Alamogordo 63 °F average
  8. 8Lovington 63 °F average
  9. 9North Hobbs 62 °F average
  10. 10Hobbs 62 °F average

Popular New Mexico comparisons

The state's biggest cities, head to head.

All covered New Mexico cities and towns

Every place links to its full climate profile.

National rankings

See how New Mexico cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.

About this data

Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall and temperature are anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).