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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Comitán
Comitán climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest Jan–Mar
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,465 mm198 wet days a year
16.24° N, 92.14° WElevation 1,655 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time
When to goComitán · weather score
Best timeJan–Mar
October: high / low22° / 14°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Comitán has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 27° and nights 14°. November is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 13°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,465 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (233 mm, 29 wet days) and March the driest (22 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 16% in March to 68% in June.
Compared with Mexico City, the capital, Comitán is 0.9° cooler on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · April
- Coldest nights
- 11° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- March
- Clearest skies
- March · 16% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 05 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 10 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 22° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° |
| Average low | 11° | 12° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 13° | 12° |
| Precipitation | 10 mm | 16 mm | 22 mm | 46 mm | 162 mm | 302 mm | 181 mm | 233 mm | 295 mm | 144 mm | 34 mm | 20 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9.2 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 16.8 | 25.7 | 20.5 | 28.5 | 26.3 | 22.7 | 16.8 | 11.2 |
| Cloud cover | 21% | 18% | 16% | 20% | 42% | 68% | 60% | 59% | 64% | 48% | 32% | 23% |
| Daylight | 11h 16 | 11h 37 | 12h 02 | 12h 30 | 12h 53 | 13h 05 | 13h 00 | 12h 41 | 12h 14 | 11h 47 | 11h 23 | 11h 10 |
| Month score | 78 | 83 | 86 | 75 | 59 | 51 | 54 | 55 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 74 |
ivMonth by month
Comitán in every month
January78
22° / 11°
10 mm · 9.2 wet days
February83
24° / 12°
16 mm · 7.3 wet days
March86
26° / 12°
22 mm · 5.2 wet days
April75
27° / 14°
46 mm · 7.8 wet days
May59
26° / 15°
162 mm · 16.8 wet days
June51
23° / 15°
302 mm · 25.7 wet days
July54
24° / 15°
181 mm · 20.5 wet days
August55
24° / 15°
233 mm · 28.5 wet days
September53
23° / 15°
295 mm · 26.3 wet days
October60
22° / 14°
144 mm · 22.7 wet days
November66
22° / 13°
34 mm · 16.8 wet days
December74
22° / 12°
20 mm · 11.2 wet days