Climate averages 1991–2020
San Cristóbal de las Casas weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in San Cristóbal de las Casas: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 230 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuxtla (51 km away). In October its highs average 27.5°C, 7.6°C warmer than San Cristóbal de las Casas, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, San Cristóbal de las Casas ranks joint 144th of 153 for the warmest October highs and 146th of 153 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 153 cities is 25.7°C; San Cristóbal de las Casas is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 230 mm to 58 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
San Cristóbal de las Casas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.6°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 12 | 2.6 | 11.211 h |
| February | 21.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 11.612 h |
| March | 22.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 50 | 8.6 | 12.513 h |
| May | 22.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 223 | 19.2 | 12.913 h |
| June | 20.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 486 | 25.7 | 13.113 h |
| July | 21.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 300 | 21.6 | 13.013 h |
| August | 21.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 363 | 23.2 | 12.713 h |
| September | 20.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 429 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 19.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 230 | 18.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 19.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 58 | 7.9 | 11.411 h |
| December | 19.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 18 | 2.5 | 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
- Tuxtla in OctoberMexico · 51 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Comitán in OctoberMexico · 76 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 218 mm rain
- Villahermosa in OctoberMexico · 143 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 244 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in OctoberMexico · 162 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Paraiso in OctoberMexico · 196 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 213 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in OctoberGuatemala · 200 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Tapachula in OctoberMexico · 207 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 617 mm rain
- Malacatán in OctoberGuatemala · 212 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 330 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas) is explained once on the San Cristóbal de las Casas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.