Climate averages 1991–2020
Comitán weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Comitán: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Cristóbal de las Casas (76 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, 3.9°C cooler than Comitán, with 223 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Comitán ranks 118th of 153 for the warmest May highs and 145th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Comitán is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 154 mm to 288 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 27.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 35 | 6.0 | 12.512 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in MayMexico · 76 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 223 mm rain
- Tuxtla in MayMexico · 119 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 158 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in MayGuatemala · 125 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 166 mm rain
- Malacatán in MayGuatemala · 148 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 318 mm rain
- Tapachula in MayMexico · 149 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 414 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in MayGuatemala · 169 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 550 mm rain
- Totonicapán in MayGuatemala · 169 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in MayGuatemala · 171 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 175 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.