Michoacán · Mexico
Zamora de Hidalgo travel guide
Zamora de Hidalgo is a city in Michoacán, Mexico, home to about 155,000 people.
- Best months
- November to April
- Nearest airport
- UPN70 km · Uruapan - Licenciado y General Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport
- Currency
- MXNpeso
- Time zone
- America/Mexico City
- Language
- Nahuatl, Spanish, Yucatec Maya
About
About Zamora de Hidalgo
Zamora is surrounded by the fertile Tziróndaro Valley which is an important agricultural area that exports large amounts of produce to the United States. Zamora is well known for its production of quality strawberries and blackberries. Another important activity is the manufacture of dairy foods: cream, butter, cheese and traditional sweets.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Zamora de Hidalgo
See
Historic buildings dot the city center, built during Spanish colonial times and the 19th century. Some of these monuments are the Temple of San Francisco, and the church of El Calvario.
- Santuario Diocesano de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
- Federal Palace
- Morelos Market
Do
Every year in December the Festival of the Chongos zamoranos is held, where the visitor is able to taste gastronomical samples, musical dances and interpretations, as well as the “Poets Meeting” and every 12 of December in Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe and in diverse places of the city. The nearby Lago de Camécuaro National Park is one of 5 national parks in Michoacan. The park is fairly small (a little less than 10 hectares) featuring a scenic natural lake that slowly drains into the Dueno River. It is a very scenic park with deep green waters in the lake's calm surface reflecting the dense vegetation of the surrounding forest. It is a good place for picnics and nature walks.
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When to go
The best time to visit Zamora de Hidalgo
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Zamora de Hidalgo are November to April. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 29 °C; July is the wettest, with about 216 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Zamora de Hidalgo: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Uruapan - Licenciado y General Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN), about 70 km from the city centre in a straight line; Guadalajara International Airport (GDL, 123 km) and General Francisco J. Mujica International Airport (MLM, 132 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
While there is a very small airport located in Zamora, it is not used for scheduled commercial flights. If travelling by air, you will need to transit through one of the bigger cities in the area like Guadalajara or Morelia. Both are about two and a half hours away from Zamora. From the airport, one has to either take a taxi (hired inside the airport) or travel, by taxi, to the bus station, which unfortunately is located in the other side of Guadalajara. This is a long trip but cheaper than taking a taxi all the way to Zamora.
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UPN · Uruapan - Licenciado y General Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport
GDL · Guadalajara International Airport
MLM · General Francisco J. Mujica International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Zamora de Hidalgo
Eat
Zamora stands out in its gastronomy for the traditional regional sweets based on milk. Different milk sweets are made combined with pistachios, nuts, pine nuts and almonds. The famous regional candy known as zamoranos chongos is a dessert of milk traditional in the cuisine of Mexico. The perfect place to taste Zamorana food including the famous chongos is in Pasaje Morelos, in front of the Zamorana Cathedral where you can enjoy a great variety of dishes and a very pleasant view of the main square of Zamora and its portals.
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Questions
Zamora de Hidalgo: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Zamora de Hidalgo?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Zamora de Hidalgo are November to April. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 29 °C; July is the wettest, with about 216 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Zamora de Hidalgo?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Uruapan - Licenciado y General Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN), about 70 km from the city centre in a straight line; Guadalajara International Airport (GDL, 123 km) and General Francisco J. Mujica International Airport (MLM, 132 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Zamora de Hidalgo?
peso (MXN).
Nearby
Destinations near Zamora de Hidalgo
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.