Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuxtla weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Tuxtla: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Cristóbal de las Casas (51 km away). In April its highs average 23.4°C, 9.6°C cooler than Tuxtla, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tuxtla ranks joint 13th of 153 for the warmest April highs and 104th of 153 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 153 cities is 28.7°C; Tuxtla is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 158 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Tuxtla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 7.4 | 1.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 5.1 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
| March | 31.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 11 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 33 | 7.3 | 12.513 h |
| May | 32.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 158 | 18.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 369 | 26.9 | 13.113 h |
| July | 29.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 294 | 26.0 | 13.013 h |
| August | 29.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 326 | 26.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 341 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 172 | 18.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 45 | 6.5 | 11.411 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.111 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
April in nearby cities
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in AprilMexico · 51 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Comitán in AprilMexico · 119 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Villahermosa in AprilMexico · 138 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in AprilMexico · 141 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Paraiso in AprilMexico · 183 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in AprilMexico · 206 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Minatitlán in AprilMexico · 206 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in AprilMexico · 210 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.8°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 Tuxtla) is explained once on the Tuxtla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.