Tuxtla climate

Name: Tuxtla
Address: MX

Tuxtla is warmest in April, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. June is the wettest month (352 mm) and February the driest (5.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tuxtla averages 1,653 mm of rain and 340 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 604,147 · 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 April 34 °C
Coldest month January 17 °C
Driest month February 5 mm
Wettest month June 352 mm
Least cloud March 30 % cloud
Hottest on record April 41 °C
Coldest on record December 7.5 °C

What to expectTuxtla through the year

Tuxtla has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 34 °C in April, a swing of 5.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 340 days a year reach 25 °C, 161 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 352 mm against 5 mm in February — 69 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.9 °C	7 mm	38 %
February	30.2 °C	5 mm	32 %
March	32.2 °C	10 mm	30 %
April	33.6 °C	30 mm	37 %
May	32.5 °C	145 mm	59 %
June	29.7 °C	352 mm	81 %
July	29.9 °C	272 mm	76 %
August	29.6 °C	300 mm	78 %
September	28.5 °C	315 mm	85 %
October	27.8 °C	158 mm	73 %
November	27.6 °C	46 mm	51 %
December	27.7 °C	13 mm	41 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.9 °C	17.3 °C	21.7 °C	35.6 °C	9.3 °C	25	9
February	30.2 °C	18.2 °C	23.2 °C	37.1 °C	9.0 °C	26	17
March	32.2 °C	19.6 °C	25.0 °C	39.1 °C	10.8 °C	30	25
April	33.6 °C	21.5 °C	26.7 °C	40.7 °C	12.1 °C	30	27
May	32.5 °C	22.3 °C	26.6 °C	40.4 °C	17.4 °C	31	25
June	29.7 °C	21.5 °C	24.9 °C	36.5 °C	16.8 °C	29	13
July	29.9 °C	21.2 °C	24.8 °C	37.8 °C	18.6 °C	31	14
August	29.6 °C	21.3 °C	24.7 °C	36.9 °C	18.8 °C	31	11
September	28.5 °C	21.1 °C	24.0 °C	36.5 °C	16.4 °C	28	5
October	27.8 °C	20.3 °C	23.3 °C	33.2 °C	13.4 °C	28	4
November	27.6 °C	18.9 °C	22.4 °C	34.9 °C	9.4 °C	25	5
December	27.7 °C	17.9 °C	21.9 °C	34.4 °C	7.5 °C	26	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	7 mm	2	11 h/day	38 %	72 %	13 km/h
February	5 mm	1	12 h/day	32 %	67 %	13 km/h
March	10 mm	2	12 h/day	30 %	62 %	14 km/h
April	30 mm	6	13 h/day	37 %	61 %	13 km/h
May	145 mm	17	13 h/day	59 %	70 %	11 km/h
June	352 mm	26	13 h/day	81 %	82 %	8.2 km/h
July	272 mm	25	13 h/day	76 %	82 %	8.5 km/h
August	300 mm	26	13 h/day	78 %	83 %	8.8 km/h
September	315 mm	26	12 h/day	85 %	85 %	8.6 km/h
October	158 mm	17	12 h/day	73 %	83 %	10 km/h
November	46 mm	6	11 h/day	51 %	79 %	11 km/h
December	13 mm	2	11 h/day	41 %	76 %	12 km/h

How Tuxtla 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
Tuxtla	34 °C	17 °C	1,653 mm	340
San Cristóbal de las Casas · Mexico	24 °C	10.0 °C	2,224 mm	18
Comitán · Mexico	27 °C	12 °C	1,463 mm	115
Villahermosa · Mexico	35 °C	20 °C	1,640 mm	343
Coatzacoalcos · Mexico	32 °C	20 °C	1,877 mm	315
Tapachula · Mexico	32 °C	19 °C	3,719 mm	361

Where Tuxtla ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in March	5thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in North America in April	7thof 50	34 °C
The driest places in North America in February	12thof 50	5.1 mm
The driest places in North America in January	12thof 50	6.8 mm
The warmest places in North America in February	16thof 50	30 °C
The warmest places in North America in May	24thof 50	32 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tuxtla’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tuxtla?

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

How hot does Tuxtla get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 161 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °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 Tuxtla?

June, averaging 352 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is February with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,653 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 Tuxtla 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.