Campeche climate

Name: Campeche
Address: MX

Campeche is warmest in May, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. September is the wettest month (175 mm) and March the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Campeche averages 844 mm of rain and 355 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 220,389 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month May 35 °C
Coldest month January 21 °C
Driest month March 11 mm
Wettest month September 175 mm
Least cloud March 28 % cloud
Hottest on record April 42 °C
Coldest on record January 14 °C
Warmest sea August 30 °C

What to expectCampeche through the year

Campeche has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 35 °C in May, a swing of 5.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 355 days a year reach 25 °C, 268 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 175 mm against 11 mm in March — 17 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Campeche is warmest in August at 30 °C and coldest in January at 24 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.8 °C	17 mm	39 %
February	30.8 °C	12 mm	30 %
March	33.0 °C	11 mm	28 %
April	35.1 °C	16 mm	30 %
May	35.3 °C	51 mm	42 %
June	33.5 °C	159 mm	63 %
July	33.7 °C	101 mm	58 %
August	33.3 °C	129 mm	60 %
September	31.9 °C	175 mm	67 %
October	30.4 °C	109 mm	58 %
November	29.4 °C	40 mm	43 %
December	29.0 °C	23 mm	38 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.8 °C	20.5 °C	23.9 °C	35.8 °C	13.6 °C	27	12
February	30.8 °C	21.3 °C	25.1 °C	37.6 °C	14.1 °C	27	19
March	33.0 °C	22.4 °C	26.7 °C	40.0 °C	14.6 °C	30	25
April	35.1 °C	24.2 °C	28.8 °C	42.2 °C	16.8 °C	30	28
May	35.3 °C	25.5 °C	29.6 °C	41.6 °C	19.1 °C	31	30
June	33.5 °C	25.4 °C	28.6 °C	39.9 °C	22.4 °C	30	28
July	33.7 °C	25.2 °C	28.7 °C	37.5 °C	22.7 °C	31	31
August	33.3 °C	25.3 °C	28.5 °C	37.4 °C	23.0 °C	31	30
September	31.9 °C	24.9 °C	27.6 °C	37.2 °C	22.1 °C	30	26
October	30.4 °C	23.9 °C	26.6 °C	37.2 °C	17.7 °C	31	18
November	29.4 °C	22.2 °C	25.2 °C	35.8 °C	15.9 °C	29	12
December	29.0 °C	21.1 °C	24.3 °C	34.7 °C	13.7 °C	28	12

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	17 mm	4	11 h/day	39 %	70 %	18 km/h	23.9 °C
February	12 mm	3	11 h/day	30 %	66 %	19 km/h	24.6 °C
March	11 mm	3	12 h/day	28 %	61 %	20 km/h	25.6 °C
April	16 mm	4	13 h/day	30 %	60 %	20 km/h	27.4 °C
May	51 mm	8	13 h/day	42 %	62 %	19 km/h	28.8 °C
June	159 mm	18	13 h/day	63 %	73 %	17 km/h	29.6 °C
July	101 mm	17	13 h/day	58 %	72 %	16 km/h	29.6 °C
August	129 mm	19	13 h/day	60 %	75 %	16 km/h	29.8 °C
September	175 mm	23	12 h/day	67 %	81 %	15 km/h	29.8 °C
October	109 mm	15	12 h/day	58 %	79 %	16 km/h	28.7 °C
November	40 mm	7	11 h/day	43 %	75 %	16 km/h	26.5 °C
December	23 mm	4	11 h/day	38 %	72 %	17 km/h	24.7 °C

How Campeche compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Campeche	35 °C	21 °C	844 mm	355
Mérida · Mexico	36 °C	19 °C	704 mm	354
Ciudad del Carmen · Mexico	33 °C	21 °C	1,289 mm	346
Chetumal · Mexico	31 °C	21 °C	1,240 mm	354
Villahermosa · Mexico	35 °C	20 °C	1,640 mm	343
Belmopan · Belize	32 °C	20 °C	1,285 mm	343
San Cristóbal de las Casas · Mexico	24 °C	10.0 °C	2,224 mm	18

Where Campeche ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in March	3rd of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in North America in April	4th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in North America in May	5th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in North America year-round	6th of 50	32 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	9th of 50	31 °C
The warmest places in North America in November	17th of 50	29 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Campeche.

QuestionsCommon questions about Campeche’s climate

When is the best time to visit Campeche?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Campeche get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 268 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 21 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Campeche?

September, averaging 175 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is March with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 844 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Campeche rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 19.841°, -90.517° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.