Climate averages 1991–2020
Tapachula weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Tapachula: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 506 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malacatán (22 km away). In July its highs average 27.3°C, 1.6°C cooler than Tapachula, with 325 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tapachula ranks joint 71st of 153 for the warmest July highs and 153rd of 153 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 153 cities is 28.0°C; Tapachula is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 506 mm to 571 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Malacatán in JulyGuatemala · 22 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 325 mm rain
- Coatepeque in JulyGuatemala · 48 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 492 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in JulyGuatemala · 75 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 287 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in JulyGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 297 mm rain
- Mazatenango in JulyGuatemala · 91 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 366 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in JulyGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Totonicapán in JulyGuatemala · 97 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 153 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in JulyGuatemala · 120 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 153 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.