Climate averages 1991–2020
Oaxaca weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Oaxaca: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuxtepec (131 km away). In April its highs average 33.3°C, 3.8°C warmer than Oaxaca, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Oaxaca ranks joint 65th of 153 for the warmest April highs and joint 93rd of 153 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 153 cities is 28.7°C; Oaxaca is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 73 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
Oaxaca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.211 h |
| February | 26.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| March | 28.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 16 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.513 h |
| May | 28.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 73 | 9.3 | 12.913 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 163 | 17.0 | 13.113 h |
| July | 24.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 104 | 13.9 | 13.013 h |
| August | 24.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 125 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| September | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 160 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 71 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 23.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 9.8 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| December | 24.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 11.111 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
- Tuxtepec in AprilMexico · 131 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Tehuacán in AprilMexico · 172 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Salina Cruz in AprilMexico · 191 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in AprilMexico · 194 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Orizaba in AprilMexico · 203 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Córdoba, Mexico in AprilMexico · 204 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 265 mm rain
- Veracruz in AprilMexico · 244 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Minatitlán in AprilMexico · 253 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 22 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 Oaxaca) is explained once on the Oaxaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.