Climate averages 1991–2020
Comitán weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Comitán: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Cristóbal de las Casas (76 km away). In March its highs average 22.9°C, 3.2°C cooler than Comitán, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Comitán ranks 86th of 153 for the warmest March highs and 43rd of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Comitán is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.8 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in MarchMexico · 76 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Tuxtla in MarchMexico · 119 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in MarchGuatemala · 125 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Malacatán in MarchGuatemala · 148 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Tapachula in MarchMexico · 149 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in MarchGuatemala · 169 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Totonicapán in MarchGuatemala · 169 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in MarchGuatemala · 171 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 23 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.