Tapachula weather by month: averages, rainfall & climate trends
Warmth in Tapachula is remarkably steady: only 2.3°C separates the warmest month from the coolest, so there is no cold season to speak of. The heavier rain months run from May to October. Tapachula weather by month: average temperatures, rainfall, extremes and how the climate has changed since 1940.
Today vs average
−0.3°Chigh near average
How it's changed
+2.2°Caverage temperature, 2016–2025 vs 1940–1949average temperature vs 1940–49346days above 30°C a year now (2016–2025) · 137 in the 1940sdays above 30°C · 137 in the 1940s+2.2°C vs the 1940s · see how it's changed →Weather by montha typical year, averaged over the full recordJanuary, rain 28 mmhigh 31°low 19°February, rain 23 mmhigh 31°low 20°March, rain 51 mmhigh 32°low 21°April, rain 138 mmhigh 32°low 22°May, rain 404 mmhigh 31°low 22°June, rain 592 mmhigh 30°low 22°July, rain 555 mmhigh 30°low 22°August, rain 588 mmhigh 30°low 22°September, rain 678 mmhigh 30°low 22°October, rain 627 mmhigh 30°low 22°November, rain 233 mmhigh 30°low 20°December, rain 59 mmhigh 30°low 19°wettest month September, 678 mm · 3,977 mm a yearsee month by month →Right now
What it's doing today vs the historical average for this date.Right now
29.2°
On this date: October 19
High near average · −0.3°C
- Highest since 1940: 32.3° · 1987
- Lowest since 1940: 18.7° · 1957
- One year ago: 31° / 23°
Every October 19 in history, coldest to hottest
Dots show daily highs (top) and lows (bottom) for each October 19 on record (n = 87). Outlined dots are today's forecast.
Area we sample
Each city's history comes from one ERA5 grid cell, about 28 km across, shown by the dashed box. Near mountains or coasts, conditions can vary across the cell.
Location & data
Historical weather for Tapachula is sampled from the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at 14.91°N, 92.26°W, with daily records since 1940.
- Coordinates
- 14.91°N, 92.26°W
- Time zone
- America/Merida
- Period
- 1940–2026
- Data source
- ERA5 (ECMWF)
Last 30 days
31 of the last 31 days were warmer than the historical average for that date. Average difference: +1.8°C.
Each bar is one day, from morning low to afternoon high. Warm-colored bars are days whose mean ran above average; cool bars ran below. The dot inside the bar is the daily mean. The shaded band is the typical 10–90% range expected for that date. Average = the day's mean temperature averaged across every year of record (1940–2026) for that calendar date.
This date over the years
One dot per year, showing the mean temperature on this calendar date. Dots are warmer or cooler than the long-term average (dashed line); the shaded band is the typical 10–90% range, and the highlighted dot is today's forecast. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.
Weather by month
Average temperatures and rainfall for each month: a typical year, from the full record.Climate overview
The year peaks in April, at around 32.2°C by mid-afternoon, with nights around 21.8°C. In December, the coolest month, afternoons reach about 30.1°C and nights dip to 19.3°C.
In total, Tapachula averages about 3,977 mm of precipitation a year; September is usually the wettest month (678 mm) and February the driest (23 mm).
Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Tapachula has risen by 2.2°C between its first decade and its last. The count of days past 30°C has risen from roughly 135 a year to 345 between the record's first and last decades.
Climate graph (climograph)
April is the warmest month, December the coolest: a yearly swing of 2°C. Wettest month: September (~678 mm). Whole year averages ~3,977 mm of rain.
Bars = average monthly rainfall (right axis). Lines = average daily high and low (left axis). Average = each month's value averaged across every year of record (1940–2026).
Monthly wind
Average daily peak wind at 10 m, by month.
Monthly solar energy
Average daily incoming solar energy in megajoules per square metre: the record's own proxy for how sunny the month is.
Tapachula month by month: what to expect
Typical conditions for each month, averaged across the full record (since 1940). Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset. Highest and Lowest are the most extreme values in the ERA5 dataset (modelled since 1940), so they can differ from official weather-station readings.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain | Daylight | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6° | 19.0° | 28 mm | 11.2 h | 35.2° (2020) | 12.2° (1956) |
| February | 31.5° | 19.7° | 23 mm | 11.5 h | 36.3° (2010) | 14.0° (1989) |
| March | 32.1° | 20.8° | 51 mm | 11.9 h | 37.1° (2024) | 14.4° (1989) |
| April | 32.2° | 21.8° | 138 mm | 12.3 h | 37.2° (2024) | 16.3° (1971) |
| May | 31.2° | 22.5° | 404 mm | 12.7 h | 37.6° (1998) | 18.1° (1956) |
| June | 30.1° | 22.4° | 592 mm | 12.9 h | 34.9° (2015) | 18.5° (1974) |
| July | 30.4° | 21.5° | 555 mm | 12.8 h | 35.4° (2025) | 17.0° (1950) |
| August | 30.4° | 21.6° | 588 mm | 12.5 h | 34.9° (2020) | 17.5° (1959) |
| September | 29.8° | 22.0° | 678 mm | 12.1 h | 34.2° (2023) | 17.8° (1949) |
| October | 29.7° | 21.6° | 627 mm | 11.7 h | 34.2° (1997) | 16.3° (1974) |
| November | 30.0° | 20.4° | 233 mm | 11.3 h | 34.3° (2019) | 15.9° (1949) |
| December | 30.1° | 19.3° | 59 mm | 11.1 h | 34.7° (2023) | 13.0° (1940) |
How it's changed
Year-by-year signals from 1940 to today.Climate stripes
Annual mean shifted from 1940–1949 to 2016–2025 by +2.2°C.
Each vertical stripe is one year. Color encodes how much that year's annual mean differed from the long-term average. Average = each year's annual mean compared to the average of all years (1940–2026). cooler ← → warmer
Annual mean temperature
Long-term trend: +0.31°C per decade.
One point per year, showing the temperature averaged across the whole year. The dashed line is the least-squares long-term trend. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.
Seasonal warming
Sep–Nov is warming fastest: +0.32°C per decade.
Each faint line is one three-month period's average per year; the bold dashed line is its long-term trend. Different parts of the year often warm at different rates. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.
Hot days vs frost days
Days ≥ 30°C per year: 136.9 early in the record → 346.3 recently. Frost days: 0 → 0.
Thin lines are raw yearly counts; thick lines are the smoothed trend that removes year-to-year noise. The hot-day threshold is auto-picked per city so the line actually moves. Average = a centered 5-year rolling average to smooth weather noise.
Yearly hot & cold extremes
Hottest day since 1940 in 1998, coldest in 1956: 37.6°C / 12.2°C.
One point per year: the single hottest and coldest day recorded that year.
Annual rainfall
~3,977 mm/year on average. Last decade: +1% vs that average. Long-term trend: −37 mm per decade.
One bar per year of total rainfall. Dashed line is the long-term average. Average = the average annual rainfall across every year of record (1940–2026).
Day-by-day grid
Each tiny square is one calendar day across the full record, about 30,000 days per city. Use the mode switch above the chart: Anomaly colors each day by how far it ran from the historical average for that date (red = warmer, blue = cooler), Daily mean temp shows the absolute mean temperature for the day (useful to see seasons and heatwaves), and Precipitation shows daily rainfall (useful to spot wet/dry seasons and droughts). Average = the long-term average for that calendar date (1940–2026).
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