Climate averages 1991–2020
Tapachula weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Tapachula: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malacatán (22 km away). In January its highs average 28.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Tapachula, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tapachula ranks joint 4th of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 80th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Tapachula is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Malacatán in JanuaryGuatemala · 22 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Coatepeque in JanuaryGuatemala · 48 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in JanuaryGuatemala · 75 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Mazatenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 91 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Totonicapán in JanuaryGuatemala · 97 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in JanuaryGuatemala · 120 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 8.9 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.