Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuxtla weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tuxtla: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 326 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Cristóbal de las Casas (51 km away). In August its highs average 21.0°C, 8.2°C cooler than Tuxtla, with 363 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tuxtla ranks 69th of 153 for the warmest August highs and 143rd of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; Tuxtla is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 326 mm to 341 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in AugustMexico · 51 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 363 mm rain
- Comitán in AugustMexico · 119 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 222 mm rain
- Villahermosa in AugustMexico · 138 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in AugustMexico · 141 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 227 mm rain
- Paraiso in AugustMexico · 183 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 158 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in AugustMexico · 206 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Minatitlán in AugustMexico · 206 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 331 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in AugustMexico · 210 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 295 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.