Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuxtla weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd 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 Tuxtla: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Cristóbal de las Casas (51 km away). In March its highs average 22.9°C, 8.6°C cooler than Tuxtla, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tuxtla ranks joint 7th of 153 for the warmest March highs and joint 64th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Tuxtla is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 33 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in MarchMexico · 51 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Comitán in MarchMexico · 119 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Villahermosa in MarchMexico · 138 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in MarchMexico · 141 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Paraiso in MarchMexico · 183 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in MarchMexico · 206 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Minatitlán in MarchMexico · 206 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in MarchMexico · 210 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 26 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.