Climate averages 1991–2020
Comitán weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Comitán: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Cristóbal de las Casas (76 km away). In April its highs average 23.4°C, 3.9°C cooler than Comitán, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Comitán ranks 105th of 153 for the warmest April highs and joint 105th of 153 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 153 cities is 28.7°C; Comitán is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 154 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Comitán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.5 | 1.2 | 11.311 h |
| February | 24.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| March | 26.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 8.8 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 27.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 35 | 6.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 26.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 154 | 16.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 23.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 288 | 22.7 | 13.113 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 127 | 13.7 | 13.013 h |
| August | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 222 | 17.3 | 12.713 h |
| September | 23.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 355 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 218 | 17.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 42 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| December | 22.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 10 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in AprilMexico · 76 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Tuxtla in AprilMexico · 119 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in AprilGuatemala · 125 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Malacatán in AprilGuatemala · 148 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Tapachula in AprilMexico · 149 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 119 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in AprilGuatemala · 169 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 247 mm rain
- Totonicapán in AprilGuatemala · 169 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in AprilGuatemala · 171 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 60 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Comitán) is explained once on the Comitán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.