Climate averages 1991–2020
Comitán weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Comitán: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Cristóbal de las Casas (76 km away). In January its highs average 19.6°C, 2.9°C cooler than Comitán, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Comitán ranks 66th of 153 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Comitán is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.5 mm to 3.3 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in JanuaryMexico · 76 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Tuxtla in JanuaryMexico · 119 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 125 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Malacatán in JanuaryGuatemala · 148 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Tapachula in JanuaryMexico · 149 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 169 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Totonicapán in JanuaryGuatemala · 169 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in JanuaryGuatemala · 171 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 8.9 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.