Climate and average weather in Champotón

In Champotón, the weather is muggy, hot, wet, and mostly clear and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around September.

Best: mid November to mid March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Champotón typically varies from 21°C to 32°C, and is rarely below 18°C or above 35°C. May is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Champotón for warm-weather activities is from mid November to mid March.

Hottest
May
32°
Coldest
Jan
21°
Wettest
Sep
158 mm
Driest
Mar
10 mm
Rain / yr
729 mm
109 wet days
Daylight
10.8–13.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
5 m
19.3°N
Clearest
Apr
31% cloud

Champotón is municipal seat of Champotón, State of Campeche, Mexico.

Founded
1538

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Champotón weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid November to mid March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Champotón, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Champotón stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is May, with an average high of 32°C and low of 26°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 21°C and high of 27°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights year-round.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2721
Feb2922
Mar3023
Apr3225
May3226
Jun3226
Jul3226
Aug3226
Sep3126
Oct3025
Nov2923
Dec2822

How hot and cold Champotón really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Champotón feels like about 38°C (around June 8). About 225 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in June.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan28272121
Feb30292222
Mar32302323
Apr35322525
May37322626
Jun38322626
Jul37322626
Aug37322626
Sep36312526
Oct33302525
Nov31292323
Dec29282222

Average hourly temperature in Champotón

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on May afternoons, near 32°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 21°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Champotón weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 21°184.2117.7
Feb29° / 22°102.211.37.2
Mar30° / 23°102.311.96.1
Apr32° / 25°112.912.45.0
May32° / 26°366.312.94.2
Jun32° / 26°12115.313.13.3
Jul32° / 26°6512.5133.6
Aug32° / 26°10316.112.73.5
Sep31° / 26°15820.912.13.4
Oct30° / 25°1271511.64.6
Nov29° / 23°457.211.16.3
Dec28° / 22°254.210.97.5

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Champotón gets about 729 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.4 months, from around May 25 to Nov 5, peaking in September at about 69% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 24.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 158 mm over about 21 wet days; March is the driest, with 10 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 23 · 69%Feb 24 · 5%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan134
Feb82
Mar72
Apr103
May226
Jun4915
Jul4213
Aug5216
Sep6821
Oct5015
Nov237
Dec154

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Champotón collects about 729 mm of rain across 109 wet days — roughly 61 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 158 mm, while March is the driest at just 10 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 56% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1810101136121651031581274525
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan184
Feb102
Mar102
Apr113
May366
Jun12115
Jul6513
Aug10316
Sep15821
Oct12715
Nov457
Dec254

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Champotón, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around November 3 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around May 25. The clearest month is April, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 84% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 26 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around November 2. The cloudiest month is September, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 59% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 16 · 85%Jun 27 · 37%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7525
Feb8119
Mar8317
Apr8416
May7030
Jun4456
Jul4951
Aug4852
Sep4159
Oct5248
Nov7030
Dec7426

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 14, brings about 13 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 10 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.06:445:41
Feb11.36:375:58
Mar11.96:176:08
Apr12.45:506:16
May12.95:326:26
Jun13.15:286:38
Jul13.05:376:40
Aug12.75:476:27
Sep12.15:546:00
Oct11.66:015:34
Nov11.16:165:20
Dec10.96:345:24

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Champotón averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 22 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.7 months, from around Nov 5 to May 27. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is September, down near 6 sunny days — about 71% fewer than the March peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantMar 2722 daysSep 216 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan17Bright
Feb18Bright
Mar21Bright
Apr21Bright
May17Bright
Jun8Mixed
Jul8Gloomy
Aug8Gloomy
Sep6Gloomy
Oct10Mixed
Nov15Bright
Dec17Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Champotón, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 7.7 months, from around March 29 to November 17. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 18 to March 28, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 15% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 16 · 17%May 3 · 0%miserablemuggyoppressivehumidcomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan4112050140
Feb291857150
Mar261553250
Apr01638513
May001127512
Jun00017226
Jul00018613
Aug00007030
Sep00015446
Oct004116520
Nov041331502
Dec281645300

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Champotón is typically light breeze, near 15 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.0 months, from around Jan 4 to Jun 3. The windiest month is April, averaging about 17 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 4 to Jan 3, with September the calmest month at about 12 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmercalmlight breezeApr 7 · 17 km/hSep 16 · 12 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan15light breeze
Feb16light breeze
Mar17light breeze
Apr17light breeze
May16light breeze
Jun14light breeze
Jul14light breeze
Aug13light breeze
Sep12calm
Oct13light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Hazard calendar for Champotón

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Champotón sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Champotón's rainy season runs August–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Champotón

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Champotón throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late November, Champotón is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Champotón for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid November to mid March, with a peak score in the third week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 16 · 7.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan7.7ideal
Feb7.2good
Mar6.1good
Apr5.0fair
May4.2fair
Jun3.4poor
Jul3.6fair
Aug3.5fair
Sep3.4poor
Oct4.6fair
Nov6.4good
Dec7.5good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Champotón for hot-weather activities is from early November to mid May, with a peak score in the last week of February.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 23 · 8.8

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Champotón, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Champotón packs about the same all year — highs hold near 32°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In May, Champotón sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Champotón

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) is warmest in September at about 30°C and coldest in January near 24°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan24Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr27Warm
May29Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index (midday) in Champotón by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Champotón peaks around June 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 19UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Average hourly UV index in Champotón

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan63.5
Feb75
Mar86
Apr86
May85.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56
Aug86
Sep86
Oct75
Nov6.53.5
Dec62.5

Air quality in Champotón by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Champotón is worst in April — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.9× the cleanest month (November, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 2231 µg/m³Nov 237 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May29Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Champotón is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Champotón banks about 6,281 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan441
Feb426
Mar516
Apr551
May595
Jun575
Jul591
Aug583
Sep544
Oct531
Nov471
Dec456

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Champotón receives about 5.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.1 and 6.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Feb 28 to Sep 15. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.8 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 4.2 kWh/m² — roughly 39% less than the April peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 296.9 kWhDec 224.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.3Bright
Feb5.2Bright
Mar6.1Intense
Apr6.8Intense
May6.8Intense
Jun6.1Intense
Jul6.4Intense
Aug6.2Intense
Sep5.6Bright
Oct4.9Bright
Nov4.5Bright
Dec4.2Bright

Where is Champotón?

Champotón sits at 19.3°N, 90.7°W, 5 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Campeche, 59 km away.

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Topography around Champotón

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Champotón.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Champotón has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 233 m.

The land around Champotón is covered by water (31%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, water (39%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
113 m
80 km
233 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Campeche 59 km · Escárcega 82 km · Ciudad del Carmen 140 km · Ticul 170 km · Oxkutzkab 173 km · Tecax 178 km · Ek Balam 194 km · Umán 199 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 54% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,889
2025
Happiness
7.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 440
Religion
Catholic 78%no religion 11%other Evangelical Churches 8%Jehovah Witness 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Champotón (19.3474°, -90.7204°, elevation 5 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).