Apatzingán's cathedral with its tall bell tower, lit up at dusk, Michoacán

Photo by Omar Energy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tierra Caliente

A region of Michoacán

The hot lowlands of the Balsas River basin where Guerrero, Michoacán and the State of Mexico meet, around Ciudad Altamirano, Huetamo and Apatzingán: farm country of melons, mangoes and cattle, and the home of the regional music of the same name.

1 place to visit

Places to visit in Tierra Caliente 1

1 places with their own page, grouped by kind.

Cities

Getting around Tierra Caliente

Fly into Uruapan (UPN).

Cities to start from: Apatzingán

Most of the region is reached by road: a rental car is the easiest way to see several places in a day, and buses link the larger towns.

When to visit Tierra Caliente

Most of Tierra Caliente is at its best in January, March, April, and November.

Month-by-month climate on each Pueblo Mágico's page: Paracho, Santa Clara del Cobre, Cotija

Neighbouring regions

Meseta Purépecha Lake Pátzcuaro Ciénega de Chapala and Zamora Michoacán coast Morelia and around Colima and its volcanoes All regions →