Climate averages 1991–2020
Tapachula weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Tapachula: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malacatán (22 km away). In March its highs average 29.5°C, 1.7°C cooler than Tapachula, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tapachula ranks joint 13th of 153 for the warmest March highs and 130th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Tapachula is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 119 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Malacatán in MarchGuatemala · 22 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Coatepeque in MarchGuatemala · 48 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in MarchGuatemala · 75 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in MarchGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Mazatenango in MarchGuatemala · 91 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in MarchGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Totonicapán in MarchGuatemala · 97 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in MarchGuatemala · 120 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 23 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.