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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Minatitlán
Minatitlán climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Mar
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing6°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,540 mm227 wet days a year
18.00° N, 94.56° WElevation 25 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time
When to goMinatitlán · weather score
Best timeJan–Mar
October: high / low28° / 23°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Minatitlán has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 33° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,540 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (413 mm, 29 wet days) and April the driest (28 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 20% in April to 56% in September.
Compared with Mexico City, the capital, Minatitlán is 5.2° warmer on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 33° · May
- Coldest nights
- 20° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 20% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 12 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 03 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 | 26° | 27° | 30° | 32° | 33° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 26° |
| Average low | 20° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 21° |
| Precipitation | 91 mm | 61 mm | 25 mm | 28 mm | 96 mm | 285 mm | 311 mm | 413 mm | 515 mm | 349 mm | 215 mm | 151 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 17.2 | 12.2 | 7 | 5.2 | 13.8 | 24.8 | 27.5 | 29.2 | 28.5 | 23.3 | 20.8 | 17.2 |
| Cloud cover | 35% | 30% | 23% | 20% | 28% | 52% | 53% | 54% | 56% | 39% | 31% | 35% |
| Daylight | 11h 10 | 11h 34 | 12h 02 | 12h 33 | 12h 59 | 13h 12 | 13h 06 | 12h 44 | 12h 15 | 11h 45 | 11h 17 | 11h 03 |
| Month score | 63 | 63 | 64 | 58 | 35 | 33 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 50 | 59 | 62 |
ivMonth by month
Minatitlán in every month
January63
26° / 20°
91 mm · 17.2 wet days
February63
27° / 20°
61 mm · 12.2 wet days
March64
30° / 21°
25 mm · 7 wet days
April58
32° / 23°
28 mm · 5.2 wet days
May35
33° / 25°
96 mm · 13.8 wet days
June33
31° / 25°
285 mm · 24.8 wet days
July38
30° / 24°
311 mm · 27.5 wet days
August38
30° / 24°
413 mm · 29.2 wet days
September39
29° / 24°
515 mm · 28.5 wet days
October50
28° / 23°
349 mm · 23.3 wet days
November59
27° / 22°
215 mm · 20.8 wet days
December62
26° / 21°
151 mm · 17.2 wet days