Climate averages 1991–2020
Tapachula weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Tapachula: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malacatán (22 km away). In December its highs average 27.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Tapachula, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tapachula ranks joint 8th of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 133rd of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Tapachula is 6.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Malacatán in DecemberGuatemala · 22 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Coatepeque in DecemberGuatemala · 48 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in DecemberGuatemala · 75 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in DecemberGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Mazatenango in DecemberGuatemala · 91 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in DecemberGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Totonicapán in DecemberGuatemala · 97 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in DecemberGuatemala · 120 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 17 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.