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San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato Local Time is: Central Time

drawing of an Artist Pallette San Miguel de Allende is one of Mexico's marvelous colonial towns. It is located at an altitude of 6,300 feet, which is approximately the altitude of Lake Tahoe. It's only a four hour drive from Mexico City. Many wonderful colonial buildings can be found here.The entire town has been declared a national monument to control development and preserve it's colonial nature.
a colonial Building in San Miguel

The population is estimated at 80,000 with approximately 5,000 North Americans. San Miguel de Allende also has a new modern hospital operated by a private non-profit association. A number of art schools are found here, and many fine artists reside in San Miguel.

Activities/Recreation available: golf, tennis, horseback riding, yoga and dance classes, amateur string quartets, bird watching, duplicate bridge, amateur theater groups, and an American Legion post.
There is a weekly English language newspaper.

There are many other beautiful colonial cities in Mexico, and more will be featured in Virtual Mexico eventually. Among those cities are: Guanajuato, Taxco, Morelia, Tequisquiapan, Querétero, and Puebla. CLIMATE: A wonderful year-round climate is experienced in San Miguel.

Summary of average monthly temperatures and precipitation.
Month: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High Temp. 71 74 78 81 83 80 78 78 76 76 74 71
Low Temp. 46 48 50 54 57 58 58 58 57 54 49 47
Precipitation 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.8 1.3 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.7 1.7 0.6 0.4
The above numbers are degrees fahrenheit and inches.


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Many artesan products can be found here, together with Mexican handicrafts. This part of Mexico seems to stand still, and many artists have relocated here.


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