Watering gardens in Mexico City

No need today

Nothing needed this week — and there's rain coming Wednesday.

Updated this morning
Today

Has it rained enough in Mexico City?

Rain soaked in today, and the ground has taken it.

Mexico City has had 178.1mm of rain in the last 30 days. A normal September here brings 186.2mm, so the ground is roughly where it should be for the time of year.

Rain reaching the roots · 14 days
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Reached the roots Rain that did not 4 days of 14
Thirty years

Rain in Mexico City through a normal year

Across a normal year Mexico City gets about 1007.6mm of rain, most of it in September (186.2mm) and least in December (14.9mm).

A normal September in Mexico City has rain on 25 days. Only 19 of them bring enough to reach a root.

That makes Mexico City the wettest place this site covers in Mexico in September — 186.2mm against Tijuana's 7.3mm at the other end.

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Average rainfall by month, 1995–2024
What it means

What that means for what you grow

  • Pots and hanging basketsWorth checking by hand even so — a pot in the sun can dry out in a wet week, because there is so little soil to hold anything.
  • Beds and bordersNothing needed. Watering soil that is already wet does more harm than good.
  • New plantingsAnything planted within the last month is the exception; its roots have not spread far enough to find water on their own.