Tampico climate

Name: Tampico
Address: MX

Tampico is warmest in June, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. September is the wettest month (200 mm) and February the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tampico averages 922 mm of rain and 270 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 309,003 · 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 June 30 °C
Coldest month January 17 °C
Driest month February 23 mm
Wettest month September 200 mm
Least cloud May 46 % cloud
Hottest on record April 43 °C
Coldest on record February 7.2 °C
Warmest sea September 29 °C

What to expectTampico through the year

Tampico has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in January to 30 °C in June, a swing of 8.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 270 days a year reach 25 °C, 70 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 200 mm against 23 mm in February — 8.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Tampico is warmest in September at 29 °C and coldest in February at 22 °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	22.6 °C	36 mm	61 %
February	23.9 °C	23 mm	56 %
March	25.8 °C	25 mm	51 %
April	28.0 °C	31 mm	49 %
May	29.5 °C	44 mm	46 %
June	30.0 °C	119 mm	51 %
July	29.7 °C	132 mm	53 %
August	30.0 °C	121 mm	52 %
September	29.1 °C	200 mm	62 %
October	27.7 °C	115 mm	52 %
November	25.3 °C	49 mm	52 %
December	23.5 °C	26 mm	59 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	22.6 °C	17.4 °C	19.5 °C	33.2 °C	7.3 °C	5	0
February	23.9 °C	18.4 °C	20.6 °C	32.3 °C	7.2 °C	10	0
March	25.8 °C	20.2 °C	22.5 °C	37.6 °C	10.6 °C	20	1
April	28.0 °C	22.5 °C	24.8 °C	42.5 °C	14.9 °C	27	4
May	29.5 °C	24.6 °C	26.7 °C	39.4 °C	17.8 °C	31	12
June	30.0 °C	25.3 °C	27.5 °C	34.9 °C	22.5 °C	30	15
July	29.7 °C	25.2 °C	27.3 °C	34.0 °C	23.0 °C	31	12
August	30.0 °C	25.4 °C	27.5 °C	33.8 °C	22.6 °C	31	15
September	29.1 °C	24.7 °C	26.7 °C	35.2 °C	19.9 °C	30	8
October	27.7 °C	23.1 °C	25.2 °C	34.1 °C	13.5 °C	29	3
November	25.3 °C	20.4 °C	22.5 °C	30.3 °C	10.1 °C	18	0
December	23.5 °C	18.3 °C	20.4 °C	32.1 °C	7.2 °C	9	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	36 mm	7	11 h/day	61 %	78 %	18 km/h	22.1 °C
February	23 mm	4	11 h/day	56 %	79 %	20 km/h	21.7 °C
March	25 mm	5	12 h/day	51 %	79 %	22 km/h	22.8 °C
April	31 mm	4	13 h/day	49 %	79 %	22 km/h	24.5 °C
May	44 mm	8	13 h/day	46 %	81 %	21 km/h	26.6 °C
June	119 mm	16	13 h/day	51 %	82 %	20 km/h	28.3 °C
July	132 mm	18	13 h/day	53 %	83 %	18 km/h	28.8 °C
August	121 mm	19	13 h/day	52 %	82 %	18 km/h	29.2 °C
September	200 mm	21	12 h/day	62 %	83 %	17 km/h	29.3 °C
October	115 mm	13	12 h/day	52 %	80 %	17 km/h	28.1 °C
November	49 mm	8	11 h/day	52 %	78 %	17 km/h	25.8 °C
December	26 mm	5	11 h/day	59 %	77 %	18 km/h	23.6 °C

How Tampico 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
Tampico	30 °C	17 °C	922 mm	270
Poza Rica de Hidalgo · Mexico	32 °C	16 °C	1,463 mm	294
Ciudad Victoria · Mexico	34 °C	12 °C	843 mm	292
Pachuca de Soto · Mexico	24 °C	5.3 °C	716 mm	34

Where Tampico ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in the world in April	8th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in North America in December	48th of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in North America in January	48th of 50	90/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tampico’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tampico?

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, June is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Tampico get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 70 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tampico?

September, averaging 200 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is February with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 922 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 Tampico 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: 22.285°, -97.878° (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.