Does it snow in mexico?

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S F

Yes, there is snow in some areas of Mexico in the winters. Even now, in August, in the southernmost state of Mexico, Chiapas, the evening temperatures drop below 50F. If you click this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iztacc%C3%ADhuatl you will see pictures and can read of the permanent snow and glaciers on IztaccÃhuatl. And here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popocat%C3%A9petl for PopocatÃ©petl.

manthebraces

YES... and I have the pictures I took on CHRISTMAS DAY in 2003 to PROVE IT. I was about 50 miles south of the border in a small RV park. Reading over the other answers, it's obvious that the people who insist it's too hot or on the equator or whatever, have NEVER BEEN IN MEXICO.

MXDiscipline.

Yes it is but just in Winter, in Toluca, Chihuahua, and tallest cities in Mexico. Good Luck.

rhino72032

It snows on the real high mountains like Pico de Orizaba (18,490 ft) and Popocatepetl (17,802 ft). Click the links below to see pictures of their snow capped peaks

Charlie

Rhino is right..I look at Orizaba every day and it is snow-topped. Mexico is NOT hot as as an oven. Beach areas are hot, but a great deal of the country is mountainous and cool. The year round avg. temp where I live is 75 degrees. Mexico city is often very cool...I was there the middle of July and it was very cool, everyone was wearing sweaters and jackets. It does not snow anywhere in Mexico except the highest mountaintops. that I know of...maybe a few very high towns. Any of the tourist cities, or San Miquel de Allende or near Lake Chapala are extremely "rich" places to live...that is, they are very expensive. However, I live in a modest little town far from those places, and there are millionaires in my town.

Eric S

Richest place to live is Cabo San Lucas or Cancun.

You get snow in the mountains surrounding Mexico City. Yes Mexico is near the equator, but some of the mountain tops are so high in altitude that the temperature changes drastically as you go up high.

letstry

Yes it snows in Mexico.

Vaggaloor

Awesome question, it is beginning a great talk show here!

I'm mexican, answering from MÃ©xico. There is too much ignorance about this country (even among mexicans!):

The Facts:
1.- It DOES snow in MÃ©xico. Although it is divided by the Cancer tropic, the high inner lands (mountains and plates!) are cold and in winter it does snow in high central mountains (arround Mexico city) and northern states (those are OUT of the tropic actually; like Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora, Baja California, Zacatecas). The last snow we got here in Aguascalientes state was in 1997.
2.- The richest state in MÃ©xico is, actually Nuevo LeÃ³n; although statistics may show Mexico city as a rich place, it is false since it counts the money from the huge international corporations based in Mexico city, but the average people doesn't have better income than in northern states. Nuevo LeÃ³n state has an per capita income as good as spain or some states in the USA, Monterrey, its capital, is a big and modern city similar to its neighbors in San Antonio TX.

Caring girl.

It does in the mountains.

MarcTheShark

it does in the mountains.

marci knows best

I spent a Christmas in Creel near the Copper Canyon when it snowed 18" and several roads going into the canyon were blocked. I have seen pictures of snow in Durango. Doesn't happen often but it can happen in the northern highlands.

The state of Chihuahua is the wealthiest state in Mexico.

livelyupyourself1

no its hot over there

Juan M

na not really it doesnt snow in mexico but it gets really cold at night lol

Kryptonian

You do understand that Mexico is close to the equator, and hot as an oven right?

The wealthier places are usually around tourist spots and big cities.

jghqaltga5926

No it does not snow in Mexico

_J_

No, it doesn't snow in Mexico. It's too hot and it's too near to the Equator. The richest place in Mexico is Mexico City, that's where they have all the festivals and things.

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