Climate averages 1991–2020
Tapachula weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Tapachula: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 414 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malacatán (22 km away). In May its highs average 27.9°C, 2.0°C cooler than Tapachula, with 318 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tapachula ranks joint 85th of 153 for the warmest May highs and 153rd of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Tapachula is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 414 mm to 548 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Malacatán in MayGuatemala · 22 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 318 mm rain
- Coatepeque in MayGuatemala · 48 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 607 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in MayGuatemala · 75 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 351 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in MayGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 550 mm rain
- Mazatenango in MayGuatemala · 91 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 437 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in MayGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 166 mm rain
- Totonicapán in MayGuatemala · 97 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in MayGuatemala · 120 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 175 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.