Climate averages 1991–2020
Tapachula weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 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 Tapachula: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malacatán (22 km away). In April its highs average 29.3°C, 2.0°C cooler than Tapachula, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tapachula ranks joint 34th of 153 for the warmest April highs and 149th of 153 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 153 cities is 28.7°C; Tapachula is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 414 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
Tapachula climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 18 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| February | 30.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 15 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 31.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 42 | 9.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 31.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 119 | 16.8 | 12.512 h |
| May | 29.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 414 | 27.8 | 12.813 h |
| June | 28.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 548 | 29.1 | 13.013 h |
| July | 28.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 506 | 30.7 | 12.913 h |
| August | 28.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 571 | 30.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 697 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 617 | 29.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 245 | 21.4 | 11.411 h |
| December | 29.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 44 | 9.4 | 11.311 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
- Malacatán in AprilGuatemala · 22 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Coatepeque in AprilGuatemala · 48 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 243 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in AprilGuatemala · 75 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in AprilGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 247 mm rain
- Mazatenango in AprilGuatemala · 91 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in AprilGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Totonicapán in AprilGuatemala · 97 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in AprilGuatemala · 120 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 60 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 Tapachula) is explained once on the Tapachula year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.