Climate averages 1991–2020
Comitán weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Comitán: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 218 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Cristóbal de las Casas (76 km away). In October its highs average 19.9°C, 2.9°C cooler than Comitán, with 230 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Comitán ranks 112th of 153 for the warmest October highs and 145th of 153 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 153 cities is 25.7°C; Comitán is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 218 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in OctoberMexico · 76 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 230 mm rain
- Tuxtla in OctoberMexico · 119 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in OctoberGuatemala · 125 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Malacatán in OctoberGuatemala · 148 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Tapachula in OctoberMexico · 149 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 617 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in OctoberGuatemala · 169 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 362 mm rain
- Totonicapán in OctoberGuatemala · 169 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in OctoberGuatemala · 171 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 183 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.