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Teotihuacán ballooning and valley data — month by month, with every source

Everything on this page is free to reuse, republish and chart, in any publication, as long as you credit Hot Air Balloon Teotihuacan and link back to this page. Every figure carries its primary source: WeatherSpark, INAH open data, INAH bulletins and the AFAC civil aviation circular. Nothing here is an estimate of ours except where it says so. Download it as JSON or CSV below.

The data Download and cite it
The Pyramid of the Moon and the Teotihuacán valley at dawn, seen from a balloon Open dataset · Updated August 2026
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What is it?
An open dataset on ballooning over Teotihuacán: sunrise time, dawn low, rainfall, surface wind and visitor numbers month by month, INAH admission prices, the operating figures of our own flights and the documented accident record. Every figure carries its primary source — WeatherSpark, INAH open data, INAH bulletins and the AFAC civil aviation circular — and it is also served as JSON and CSV.
Who is it for?
Journalists, researchers, travel writers and anyone building a chart, an article or a model about this valley — and travellers choosing a month to fly. Not a booking page: if you only want to pick a date, the month-by-month reading of these same numbers is on the best-time-of-year guide.
How much?
The data is free, including for commercial use, with one condition: credit Hot Air Balloon Teotihuacan and link to this page. You do not need to ask first. The flights those operating figures come from cost $2,100 to $3,750 MXN per person, and INAH admission to the archaeological zone is never included in them.
How do you use it?
Read the tables here, or pull the same figures from /api/valley-data.json and the CSV; the accident register has its own JSON. Weather and visitor series are annual, admission prices change when INAH publishes new ones, and the accident register is updated whenever a national outlet reports a new event. If you need a cut we do not publish, ask and we will add it to this page rather than send it privately.
Terms

Take it. Just say where it came from

Most operators screenshot data like this and lock it up. We would rather be the source you cite.

You may republish, chart, translate and build on every table on this page, including in commercial publications, at no cost and without asking. The only condition is attribution with a working link to this page.

Ready to paste:

Hot Air Balloon Teotihuacan (2026). Teotihuacán ballooning and valley data. Retrieved from hotairballoonteotihuacan.com/data/

Machine-readable, same figures: valley-data.json · CSV. The accident register has its own JSON. If you need a cut we do not publish, write to us and we will add it here rather than send it to you privately.

The calendar

Twelve months over the Teotihuacán valley

Dawn temperature, rainfall, average wind, sunrise time and how busy the ruins are. The wind column is the one that decides whether a balloon flies: above 10 km/h at the surface, it does not.

Swipe the table sideways on a phone. Sunrise is local time. Visitors are the monthly average 2023–25 from INAH open data.

MonthSunrise (15th)Sunrise from the basket?Dawn low (avg)Rain (avg)Wind (avg)Visitors to the ruins
January07:13Yes — widest margin of the year6 °C / 43 °F8.7 mm8.2 km/h157,256
February07:04Yes7 °C / 45 °F8.6 mm8.7 km/h124,627
March06:44Yes9 °C / 48 °F10.2 mm9.2 km/h190,057
April06:18Only on a 6:00 lift-off11 °C / 52 °F21.3 mm8.5 km/h154,017
May06:00No — you rise with the sun12 °C / 54 °F46.2 mm8.2 km/h122,775
June05:57No13 °C / 55 °F126.3 mm8.7 km/h113,714
July06:05No12 °C / 54 °F139.9 mm8.9 km/h160,315
August06:16Only on a 6:00 lift-off12 °C / 54 °F133.5 mm8.9 km/h149,469
September06:23Only on a 6:00 lift-off12 °C / 54 °F142.2 mm9.0 km/h100,671
October06:30Only on a 6:00 lift-off10 °C / 50 °F71.5 mm8.5 km/h117,602
November06:44Yes8 °C / 46 °F20.7 mm7.7 km/h185,295
December07:02Yes6 °C / 43 °F7.0 mm7.6 km/h156,295

This table is the raw series. What each column means for a traveller choosing a date is worked through in the best time of year to fly over Teotihuacán, month by month; what the dawn lows mean for what you put on is in what to wear on a sunrise balloon flight; and whether the whole thing is worth the 4 a.m. alarm is argued, with the case against, in is a Teotihuacán balloon flight worth it.

The operation

The numbers behind a flight

Figures from our own operation. Where a number is ours rather than a public source, the third column says so.

WhatFigureBasis
Flights that take off as scheduled98%Our own operation, 2026. Weather is the only reason we ground a flight.
Time in the air45 to 60 minutesIdentical on all seven fares. The whole morning runs 3 to 4 hours.
Surface wind limit10 km/hAbove it we do not fly. The pilot decides on the field at about 5:30 a.m., not the night before.
Lift-off window6:00 – 6:30 a.m.One departure a day. There are no afternoon or night flights, at any price.
Minimum age5 yearsNo exceptions. Flying is not permitted during pregnancy at any stage.
Price range, per person$2,100 – $3,750 MXNSeven fares. About US$115 to US$205 at 18.3 MXN/USD, August 2026.
The record

Five documented accidents, 2023–2026

We publish the only sourced accident register for this valley, including the two events that involved this operation. Each entry carries the outlet that reported it, and the page states where outlets disagree.

The full register — five events, the regulatory consequence of each, the two inspection sweeps that followed, and the six documents any passenger can demand before paying — is at the Teotihuacán balloon accident record. Sources include CNN en Español, CBS News, El Financiero, Proceso, El Universal, Milenio and La Jornada, each linked at the entry it supports.

Journalists: that register is kept current and is free to quote under the same terms as this page. If you are working to a deadline, the operator is reachable on WhatsApp at +52 55 3473 0006.

Provenance

Where every figure comes from

No figure on this page is unsourced. If you only trust the primary source, go straight to it — that is why it is linked.

DataSourceCoverage
Dawn temperature, rainfall and windWeatherSpark, Teotihuacán de AristaMonthly averages, full-year series
Visitors to the archaeological zoneINAH open dataMonthly averages 2023–25
Admission pricesINAH bulletinIn force to 31 December 2026
What the weather rules require of a balloon operatorAFAC Circular Obligatoria CO AV-91.03/24 R1Mexican federal civil aviation, in force
Accident record over this valley, 2023–2026Our accident register, sourced to CNN, CBS News, El Financiero, Proceso, El Universal, Milenio, La Jornada and othersFive documented events, each with its outlet
Sunrise timesWeatherSparkLocal time, 15th of each month
Questions

Straight answers

Yes. Republish, translate, chart or build on them at no cost, including commercially. The one condition is that you credit Hot Air Balloon Teotihuacan and link to this page. You do not need to ask first.
Both, and the page separates them. Weather, sunrise, visitor numbers and admission prices come from WeatherSpark, INAH open data and INAH bulletins, all linked. The operational figures — 98% of flights completed, 45 to 60 minutes aloft, the 10 km/h wind limit — are ours, and the table says so in its third column.
The weather and visitor series are annual. Admission prices change when INAH publishes new ones; the current rates run to 31 December 2026. The accident register is updated whenever a new event is reported by a national outlet.
Because it is the one that decides whether you fly. Above 10 km/h of surface wind on the field we do not launch, and the average sits between 7.6 and 9.2 km/h all year — which is why the grounding rate is low but never zero. The decision is taken on the field at about 5:30 a.m.
Ask, and if we have it we will add it to this page rather than send it privately. Data that only one publication can see is not a source, it is a favour.

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