Climate averages 1991–2020
Tapachula weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Tapachula: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 617 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malacatán (22 km away). In October its highs average 26.2°C, 1.5°C cooler than Tapachula, with 330 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tapachula ranks joint 55th of 153 for the warmest October highs and 153rd of 153 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 153 cities is 25.7°C; Tapachula is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 617 mm to 245 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Malacatán in OctoberGuatemala · 22 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Coatepeque in OctoberGuatemala · 48 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 525 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in OctoberGuatemala · 75 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 384 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in OctoberGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 362 mm rain
- Mazatenango in OctoberGuatemala · 91 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 541 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in OctoberGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Totonicapán in OctoberGuatemala · 97 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in OctoberGuatemala · 120 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 183 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.