Climate averages 1991–2020
Salina Cruz weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Salina Cruz: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza (34 km away). In October its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Salina Cruz, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Salina Cruz ranks joint 20th of 153 for the warmest October highs and 97th of 153 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 153 cities is 25.7°C; Salina Cruz is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in OctoberMexico · 34 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Oaxaca in OctoberMexico · 191 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Minatitlán in OctoberMexico · 214 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 246 mm rain
- Tuxtla in OctoberMexico · 231 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in OctoberMexico · 233 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 267 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in OctoberMexico · 235 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 290 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in OctoberMexico · 279 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 230 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in OctoberMexico · 280 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 243 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.