Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuxtla weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd 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 Tuxtla: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Cristóbal de las Casas (51 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, 9.8°C cooler than Tuxtla, with 223 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tuxtla ranks 43rd of 153 for the warmest May highs and 146th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Tuxtla is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 158 mm to 369 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in MayMexico · 51 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 223 mm rain
- Comitán in MayMexico · 119 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Villahermosa in MayMexico · 138 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in MayMexico · 141 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Paraiso in MayMexico · 183 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in MayMexico · 206 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Minatitlán in MayMexico · 206 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in MayMexico · 210 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 63 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.