Tuxtepec climate

Name: Tuxtepec
Address: MX

Tuxtepec is warmest in May, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. September is the wettest month (414 mm) and March the driest (55 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tuxtepec averages 2,348 mm of rain and 328 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 159,452 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month January 19 °C
Driest month March 55 mm
Wettest month September 414 mm
Least cloud April 46 % cloud
Hottest on record April 44 °C
Coldest on record December 12 °C

What to expectTuxtepec through the year

Tuxtepec has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 34 °C in May, a swing of 7.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 328 days a year reach 25 °C, 186 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 414 mm against 55 mm in March — 7.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.0 °C	82 mm	58 %
February	28.0 °C	61 mm	52 %
March	31.0 °C	55 mm	46 %
April	33.9 °C	67 mm	46 %
May	34.1 °C	115 mm	54 %
June	31.8 °C	335 mm	73 %
July	30.9 °C	337 mm	72 %
August	30.9 °C	347 mm	73 %
September	30.1 °C	414 mm	79 %
October	29.0 °C	294 mm	69 %
November	27.2 °C	154 mm	60 %
December	26.2 °C	88 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.0 °C	18.7 °C	21.7 °C	34.6 °C	12.4 °C	20	2
February	28.0 °C	19.4 °C	23.0 °C	37.6 °C	13.4 °C	22	8
March	31.0 °C	21.0 °C	25.3 °C	40.5 °C	13.0 °C	29	20
April	33.9 °C	23.3 °C	27.9 °C	43.6 °C	15.7 °C	30	25
May	34.1 °C	24.7 °C	28.9 °C	42.7 °C	19.6 °C	31	28
June	31.8 °C	24.3 °C	27.5 °C	42.4 °C	21.9 °C	30	24
July	30.9 °C	23.7 °C	26.7 °C	35.7 °C	21.8 °C	31	23
August	30.9 °C	23.8 °C	26.7 °C	35.7 °C	21.9 °C	31	23
September	30.1 °C	23.6 °C	26.2 °C	35.9 °C	21.0 °C	30	17
October	29.0 °C	22.6 °C	25.3 °C	34.6 °C	15.2 °C	29	11
November	27.2 °C	20.7 °C	23.5 °C	33.4 °C	13.2 °C	24	4
December	26.2 °C	19.3 °C	22.3 °C	34.8 °C	11.9 °C	22	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	82 mm	11	11 h/day	58 %	78 %	7.4 km/h
February	61 mm	8	12 h/day	52 %	76 %	7.9 km/h
March	55 mm	8	12 h/day	46 %	70 %	8.4 km/h
April	67 mm	8	13 h/day	46 %	66 %	8.7 km/h
May	115 mm	14	13 h/day	54 %	70 %	7.9 km/h
June	335 mm	24	13 h/day	73 %	80 %	7.3 km/h
July	337 mm	26	13 h/day	72 %	82 %	7.3 km/h
August	347 mm	27	13 h/day	73 %	83 %	7.3 km/h
September	414 mm	26	12 h/day	79 %	84 %	7.1 km/h
October	294 mm	19	12 h/day	69 %	82 %	7.2 km/h
November	154 mm	13	11 h/day	60 %	80 %	7.0 km/h
December	88 mm	11	11 h/day	57 %	79 %	6.9 km/h

How Tuxtepec 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
Tuxtepec	34 °C	19 °C	2,348 mm	328
Veracruz · Mexico	33 °C	19 °C	1,126 mm	329
Córdoba · Mexico	27 °C	12 °C	2,043 mm	156
Oaxaca · Mexico	30 °C	11 °C	740 mm	219
Tehuacán · Mexico	28 °C	9.8 °C	658 mm	171
Coatzacoalcos · Mexico	32 °C	20 °C	1,877 mm	315
Xalapa de Enríquez · Mexico	25 °C	11 °C	1,524 mm	54

Where Tuxtepec ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in April	6th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in North America in May	13th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in North America in March	17th of 50	31 °C
The warmest places in North America year-round	32nd of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	46th of 50	28 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tuxtepec’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tuxtepec?

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 Tuxtepec get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 186 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tuxtepec?

September, averaging 414 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is March with 55 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,348 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 Tuxtepec 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: 18.088°, -96.125° (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.