Ciudad del Carmen climate

Name: Ciudad del Carmen
Address: MX

Ciudad del Carmen is warmest in May, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. September is the wettest month (243 mm) and March the driest (20 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ciudad del Carmen averages 1,289 mm of rain and 346 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 191,238 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 21 °C
Driest month March 20 mm
Wettest month September 243 mm
Least cloud March 29 % cloud
Hottest on record April 40 °C
Coldest on record March 15 °C
Warmest sea September 30 °C

What to expectCiudad del Carmen through the year

Ciudad del Carmen has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 33 °C in May, a swing of 5.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 346 days a year reach 25 °C, 199 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 243 mm against 20 mm in March — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Ciudad del Carmen is warmest in September at 30 °C and coldest in January at 25 °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	26.9 °C	45 mm	40 %
February	28.6 °C	29 mm	31 %
March	30.9 °C	20 mm	29 %
April	33.0 °C	26 mm	31 %
May	33.4 °C	61 mm	45 %
June	32.1 °C	205 mm	67 %
July	31.8 °C	130 mm	62 %
August	31.5 °C	188 mm	66 %
September	30.6 °C	243 mm	74 %
October	29.4 °C	202 mm	63 %
November	28.0 °C	95 mm	46 %
December	27.2 °C	45 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.9 °C	21.5 °C	23.8 °C	34.4 °C	15.2 °C	23	3
February	28.6 °C	22.2 °C	24.9 °C	34.5 °C	15.6 °C	25	9
March	30.9 °C	23.5 °C	26.7 °C	37.8 °C	15.0 °C	30	19
April	33.0 °C	25.4 °C	28.6 °C	39.5 °C	18.8 °C	30	25
May	33.4 °C	26.5 °C	29.4 °C	39.5 °C	21.7 °C	31	27
June	32.1 °C	26.0 °C	28.6 °C	38.7 °C	23.5 °C	30	25
July	31.8 °C	25.8 °C	28.4 °C	36.1 °C	23.7 °C	31	28
August	31.5 °C	25.7 °C	28.2 °C	35.5 °C	23.2 °C	31	27
September	30.6 °C	25.3 °C	27.7 °C	34.1 °C	21.8 °C	30	19
October	29.4 °C	24.7 °C	26.8 °C	34.2 °C	19.5 °C	31	11
November	28.0 °C	23.2 °C	25.4 °C	33.0 °C	17.5 °C	28	4
December	27.2 °C	22.1 °C	24.3 °C	32.8 °C	15.7 °C	26	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	45 mm	7	11 h/day	40 %	79 %	21 km/h	24.5 °C
February	29 mm	5	12 h/day	31 %	75 %	23 km/h	25.1 °C
March	20 mm	4	12 h/day	29 %	69 %	24 km/h	26.2 °C
April	26 mm	5	13 h/day	31 %	68 %	24 km/h	27.8 °C
May	61 mm	9	13 h/day	45 %	70 %	23 km/h	29.0 °C
June	205 mm	19	13 h/day	67 %	78 %	21 km/h	29.4 °C
July	130 mm	17	13 h/day	62 %	78 %	20 km/h	29.1 °C
August	188 mm	21	13 h/day	66 %	80 %	19 km/h	29.4 °C
September	243 mm	25	12 h/day	74 %	83 %	17 km/h	29.7 °C
October	202 mm	20	12 h/day	63 %	83 %	18 km/h	28.8 °C
November	95 mm	11	11 h/day	46 %	81 %	19 km/h	27.0 °C
December	45 mm	7	11 h/day	40 %	80 %	20 km/h	25.4 °C

How Ciudad del Carmen 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
Ciudad del Carmen	33 °C	21 °C	1,289 mm	346
Villahermosa · Mexico	35 °C	20 °C	1,640 mm	343
Campeche · Mexico	35 °C	21 °C	844 mm	355
San Cristóbal de las Casas · Mexico	24 °C	10.0 °C	2,224 mm	18
Tuxtla · Mexico	34 °C	17 °C	1,653 mm	340
Comitán · Mexico	27 °C	12 °C	1,463 mm	115
Coatzacoalcos · Mexico	32 °C	20 °C	1,877 mm	315

Where Ciudad del Carmen ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in April	9thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in North America in May	17thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in North America in March	19thof 50	31 °C
The warmest places in North America year-round	22ndof 50	30 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	28thof 50	29 °C
The warmest places in North America in October	40thof 50	29 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ciudad del Carmen.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ciudad del Carmen’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ciudad del Carmen?

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 Ciudad del Carmen get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 199 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °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 Ciudad del Carmen?

September, averaging 243 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is March with 20 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,289 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 Ciudad del Carmen 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
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.