Climate averages 1991–2020
Salina Cruz weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Salina Cruz: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza (34 km away). In April its highs average 33.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Salina Cruz, with 6.7 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Salina Cruz ranks joint 20th of 153 for the warmest April highs and joint 40th of 153 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 153 cities is 28.7°C; Salina Cruz is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.2 mm to 67 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
Salina Cruz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| February | 29.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 32.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 6.2 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| May | 32.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 67 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| June | 31.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 233 | 17.7 | 13.113 h |
| July | 31.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 122 | 11.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 31.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 163 | 14.5 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 206 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 84 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 15 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| December | 29.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in AprilMexico · 34 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Oaxaca in AprilMexico · 191 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Minatitlán in AprilMexico · 214 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Tuxtla in AprilMexico · 231 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in AprilMexico · 233 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in AprilMexico · 235 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 68 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in AprilMexico · 279 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in AprilMexico · 280 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 39 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 Salina Cruz) is explained once on the Salina Cruz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.