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.
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.
SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE CLIMATE
A wonderful year-round climate is experienced in San Miguel. See the table below for a summary of normal temperatures and precipitation. The link to the right shows the current weather conditions.
| Summary of average monthly temperatures and precipitation. | ||||||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||||||
SAN MIGUEL SHOPPING AND SERVICES
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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