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Copala climate by month
What the weather is like
Copala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 32° and nights 25°. September is the coolest month, with highs of 29° and lows of 25°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,341 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (283 mm, 30 wet days) and January the driest (10 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in March to 65% in September.
The sea reaches about 31° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Mexico City, the capital, Copala is 4° warmer on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · May
- Coldest nights
- 22° · February
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- March · 10% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 31° · August
- Longest day
- 13 h 07 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 09 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 30° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 32° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 30° |
| Average low | 23° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° |
| Precipitation | 10 mm | 6 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 43 mm | 274 mm | 232 mm | 283 mm | 312 mm | 155 mm | 15 mm | 8 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 10 | 23 | 25.7 | 30 | 27.7 | 17 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
| Cloud cover | 13% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 25% | 57% | 61% | 62% | 65% | 42% | 20% | 16% |
| Sea temperature | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° |
| Daylight | 11h 15 | 11h 36 | 12h 02 | 12h 31 | 12h 54 | 13h 07 | 13h 02 | 12h 41 | 12h 14 | 11h 46 | 11h 22 | 11h 09 |
| Month score | 78 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 49 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 45 | 72 | 76 |