Climate averages 1991–2020
Oaxaca weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Oaxaca: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuxtepec (131 km away). In February its highs average 27.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Oaxaca, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Oaxaca ranks joint 35th of 153 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 153 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 153 cities is 24.3°C; Oaxaca is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.6 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Tuxtepec in FebruaryMexico · 131 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Tehuacán in FebruaryMexico · 172 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Salina Cruz in FebruaryMexico · 191 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in FebruaryMexico · 194 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Orizaba in FebruaryMexico · 203 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Córdoba, Mexico in FebruaryMexico · 204 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 114 mm rain
- Veracruz in FebruaryMexico · 244 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Minatitlán in FebruaryMexico · 253 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 34 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.