Climate averages 1991–2020

Tuxtla weather
in October.

A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.5°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 20.5°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 172 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a warm month in Tuxtla: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 172 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is San Cristóbal de las Casas (51 km away). In October its highs average 19.9°C, 7.6°C cooler than Tuxtla, with 230 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tuxtla ranks joint 58th of 153 for the warmest October highs and 133rd of 153 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 153 cities is 25.7°C; Tuxtla is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 172 mm to 45 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Tuxtla, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Tuxtla

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 limits

How 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.