Climate averages 1991–2020
Salina Cruz weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Salina Cruz: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza (34 km away). In February its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Salina Cruz, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Salina Cruz ranks 12th of 153 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 153 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 153 cities is 24.3°C; Salina Cruz is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.6 mm to 3.8 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in FebruaryMexico · 34 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Oaxaca in FebruaryMexico · 191 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Minatitlán in FebruaryMexico · 214 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Tuxtla in FebruaryMexico · 231 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in FebruaryMexico · 233 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in FebruaryMexico · 235 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 63 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in FebruaryMexico · 279 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in FebruaryMexico · 280 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 50 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.