Climate averages 1991–2020
Oaxaca weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Oaxaca: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuxtepec (131 km away). In July its highs average 30.8°C, 6.1°C warmer than Oaxaca, with 321 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Oaxaca ranks joint 105th of 153 for the warmest July highs and joint 58th of 153 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 153 cities is 28.0°C; Oaxaca is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 125 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Tuxtepec in JulyMexico · 131 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 321 mm rain
- Tehuacán in JulyMexico · 172 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Salina Cruz in JulyMexico · 191 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 122 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in JulyMexico · 194 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Orizaba in JulyMexico · 203 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 145 mm rain
- Córdoba, Mexico in JulyMexico · 204 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Veracruz in JulyMexico · 244 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 206 mm rain
- Minatitlán in JulyMexico · 253 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 289 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.