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Tonalá weather by month: averages, rainfall & climate trends

Temperature-wise, the seasons in Tonalá are gentle: monthly means drift only 7.3°C over the whole year. Most of the year's rain is packed into the months from June to September. Tonalá weather by month: average temperatures, rainfall, extremes and how the climate has changed since 1940.

Today vs average

+0.6°Chigh near average

26° / 16°Today
25° / 14°Average
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How it's changed

+2.0°Caverage temperature, 2016–2025 vs 1940–1949average temperature vs 1940–4983days above 30°C a year now (2016–2025) · 38 in the 1940sdays above 30°C · 38 in the 1940s+2.0°C vs the 1940s · see how it's changed →
Weather by montha typical year, averaged over the full recordJanuary, rain 17 mmhigh 23°low 10°February, rain 9 mmhigh 25°low 11°March, rain 5 mmhigh 28°low 13°April, rain 5 mmhigh 30°low 14°May, rain 19 mmhigh 31°low 16°June, rain 119 mmhigh 29°low 17°July, rain 164 mmhigh 26°low 17°August, rain 143 mmhigh 26°low 17°September, rain 121 mmhigh 25°low 16°October, rain 45 mmhigh 25°low 15°November, rain 10 mmhigh 25°low 12°December, rain 10 mmhigh 23°low 11°wettest month July, 164 mm · 666 mm a yearsee month by month →

Right now

What it's doing today vs the historical average for this date.
Partly cloudy

Right now

20.3°

21°feels like
71%humidity
15°dew point
4 km/hfrom SW
UV index0.0
sunrise06:49sunset18:26day length11h 36m
MonMostly clear26°16°
TodayClear27°14°
WedPartly cloudy29°14°
ThuPartly cloudy29°14°
FriOvercast28°16°
SatOvercast22°17°
SunPartly cloudy24°15°

On this date: October 20

Today (forecast)
26° / 16°
Average for October 20
25° / 14°

High near average · +0.6°C

  • Highest since 1940: 29.6° · 1982
  • Lowest since 1940: 8.9° · 1997
  • One year ago: 28° / 15°

Every October 20 in history, coldest to hottest

▲ Daily highs▼ Daily lows

Dots show daily highs (top) and lows (bottom) for each October 20 on record (n = 86). 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 Tonalá is sampled from the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at 20.62°N, 103.24°W, with daily records since 1940.

Coordinates
20.62°N, 103.24°W
Time zone
America/Mexico City
Period
1940–2026
Data source
ERA5 (ECMWF)

Last 30 days

25 of the last 30 days were warmer than the historical average for that date. Average difference: +1.0°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

May brings the year's peak warmth, with afternoons typically reaching 31.2°C and nights around 16.2°C. At the other extreme, January brings afternoon highs of about 23.2°C and typical overnight lows of 10.0°C. Frost is essentially unknown.

Tonalá picks up roughly 666 mm a year, with a peak of 164 mm in July and as little as 5 mm in March.

The record here starts in 1940, and since then the annual mean in Tonalá has climbed 2.0°C from the first ten years to the last ten. The count of days past 30°C has risen from roughly 40 a year to 85 between the record's first and last decades.

Climate graph (climograph)

May is the warmest month, January the coolest: a yearly swing of 7°C. Wettest month: July (~164 mm). Whole year averages ~666 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.

Tonalá 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.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainDaylightHighestLowest
January23.2°10.0°17 mm10.9 h29.5° (2021)1.2° (1955)
February25.2°10.9°9 mm11.3 h32.3° (2009)1.5° (1960)
March27.9°12.5°5 mm11.9 h33.5° (2020)2.6° (2016)
April30.1°14.4°5 mm12.5 h35.6° (1983)7.7° (1941)
May31.2°16.2°19 mm13.0 h36.9° (2024)10.9° (2010)
June28.8°17.5°119 mm13.2 h37.4° (2023)13.4° (1946)
July25.9°16.7°164 mm13.1 h31.9° (2023)13.4° (1942)
August25.8°16.6°143 mm12.7 h31.0° (2023)13.4° (1961)
September25.5°16.4°121 mm12.1 h31.1° (1957)8.4° (1979)
October25.4°14.6°45 mm11.5 h30.6° (2009)6.7° (1952)
November24.9°12.2°10 mm11.0 h30.0° (2023)4.3° (1979)
December23.3°10.7°10 mm10.8 h28.7° (2007)1.4° (1997)

How it's changed

Year-by-year signals from 1940 to today.

Climate stripes

Annual mean shifted from 1940–1949 to 2016–2025 by +2.0°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: +0.23°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

Jun–Aug is warming fastest: +0.26°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: 38.0 early in the record → 82.9 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 2023, coldest in 1955: 37.4°C / 1.2°C.

One point per year: the single hottest and coldest day recorded that year.

Annual rainfall

~666 mm/year on average. Last decade: +10% vs that average. Long-term trend: +24 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).

Frequently asked questions about Tonalá

Which is the warmest month in Tonalá?
On long-term average, the warmest month in Tonalá is May (mean daily temperature of about 23.4°C) and the coolest is January (about 16.1°C).
How does today's temperature in Tonalá compare to the historical average?
On October 20, 2026, Tonalá is forecast to reach a high of 25.8°C and a low of 16.1°C. The long-term average for this date (the full record since 1940) is a high of 25.2°C and a low of 14.3°C, so today's high is 0.6°C warmer than that average.
How much has Tonalá warmed since 1940?
Comparing the first decade of the record (1940–1949) with the most recent (2016–2025), the annual mean temperature in Tonalá is about 2.0°C warmer.
How much does it rain in Tonalá?
Tonalá receives about 666 mm of precipitation per year on long-term average, with July typically the wettest month.
What is the average temperature in Tonalá?
Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Tonalá is about 19.7°C. The warmest month is May and the coolest is January.
What are the average temperatures in Tonalá by month?
Average daily highs and lows for each month in Tonalá (°C, full record since 1940): January 23°/10°, February 25°/11°, March 28°/13°, April 30°/14°, May 31°/16°, June 29°/17°, July 26°/17°, August 26°/17°, September 25°/16°, October 25°/15°, November 25°/12°, December 23°/11°.
What is the weather like in Tonalá in summer?
In summer, June through August, Tonalá is wet and warm. Afternoons run 26–29°C and nights 17°C; June is the warmest month. Rain is steady at around 142 mm a month. No season is wetter.
What is the weather like in Tonalá in winter?
In winter, December through February, Tonalá is dry and pleasantly warm. Expect 23–25°C by day and 10–11°C at night, with January the coldest month. About 12 mm of rain a month.
What is the weather like in Tonalá in spring?
Spring in Tonalá (March to May) is dry and warm. Daytime highs sit at 28–31°C and nights at 13–16°C; May is the warmest month. Almost no rain.
What is the weather like in Tonalá in autumn?
Autumn in Tonalá (September to November) is pleasantly warm. Afternoons run 25°C and nights 12–16°C; November is the coldest month. Rain falls off from 121 mm in September to 10 mm in November.

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