Las Margaritas weather in September

In September, Las Margaritas sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 231 mm of rain across 22.9 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in September, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of September to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Las Margaritas's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Las Margaritas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 231 mm; 22.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:00 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Las Margaritas is municipal seat of Las Margaritas, State of Chiapas, Mexico.

Founded: 1800

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical September day in Las Margaritas reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and about 1°C warmer than October.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	25	16
8	25	16
9	25	16
10	25	16
11	25	16
12	25	16
13	25	16
14	25	16
15	25	16
16	25	16
17	25	16
18	25	16
19	25	16
20	25	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	24	16
26	24	16
27	24	16
28	24	16
29	24	16
30	24	16

Las Margaritas weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 12°	16	4.4	11.1	7.9
Feb	24° / 12°	12	3.5	11.5	8.4
Mar	26° / 13°	21	5.6	11.9	7.9
Apr	27° / 14°	52	10.2	12.4	6.7
May	26° / 16°	145	18.2	12.8	5.3
Jun	25° / 16°	246	23.7	13	4.5
Jul	25° / 16°	98	17	12.9	5.6
Aug	25° / 16°	158	20.4	12.5	5.1
Sep	25° / 16°	231	22.9	12.1	4.6
Oct	24° / 15°	144	16.9	11.6	5.7
Nov	23° / 13°	41	7.4	11.2	7.3
Dec	22° / 12°	17	4.2	11	7.9

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18
Cloudier (%)	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	82	82

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	18	82
30	18	82

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Las Margaritas gets around 231 mm of rain over 22.9 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 76% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	78	78	77	77	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	74
14	74
15	75
16	75
17	76
18	76
19	77
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	78
27	78
28	77
29	77
30	76

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of September feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, September lands in the humid band about 66% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2
Comfortable (%)	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	36	35	35	34	32	31	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	27
Humid (%)	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	64	65	65	66	68	69	70	71	71	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	71

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	40	59
2	1	39	60
3	1	39	60
4	1	39	60
5	1	39	60
6	1	39	60
7	1	39	60
8	0	39	61
9	0	39	61
10	0	38	62
11	0	38	62
12	0	37	63
13	0	36	64
14	0	35	65
15	0	35	65
16	0	34	66
17	0	32	68
18	0	31	69
19	0	30	70
20	0	29	71
21	0	29	71
22	0	28	72
23	0	27	73
24	0	27	73
25	0	27	73
26	1	26	73
27	1	26	73
28	1	26	73
29	1	27	72
30	2	27	71

Wind in September

Winds average 6 km/h in September, the calmest month.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
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17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
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27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of September to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 5:53 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01
Sunset (PM)	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:58	6:17
2	12.3	5:58	6:17
3	12.3	5:58	6:16
4	12.3	5:58	6:15
5	12.3	5:58	6:14
6	12.2	5:59	6:13
7	12.2	5:59	6:12
8	12.2	5:59	6:12
9	12.2	5:59	6:11
10	12.2	5:59	6:10
11	12.2	5:59	6:09
12	12.2	5:59	6:08
13	12.1	5:59	6:07
14	12.1	5:59	6:07
15	12.1	5:59	6:06
16	12.1	6:00	6:05
17	12.1	6:00	6:04
18	12.1	6:00	6:03
19	12.0	6:00	6:02
20	12.0	6:00	6:02
21	12.0	6:00	6:01
22	12.0	6:00	6:00
23	12.0	6:00	5:59
24	12.0	6:00	5:58
25	11.9	6:00	5:57
26	11.9	6:01	5:57
27	11.9	6:01	5:56
28	11.9	6:01	5:55
29	11.9	6:01	5:54
30	11.9	6:01	5:53

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.57 kWh/m² to a high of 6.71 kWh/m² in April across the year — September's 5.07 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Las Margaritas

In seasonPeak

In September, Las Margaritas sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Las Margaritas's monsoon runs May–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Las Margaritas?

Our two travel scores rate September for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Las Margaritas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Las Margaritas in September

From September's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In September, Las Margaritas sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

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UV index in Las Margaritas in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Las Margaritas peaks around April 12 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	13	14	15	11	14	13	14	13	12	9	9
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Las Margaritas in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where September falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Las Margaritas is worst in April — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.1× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	10	16	33	57	45	19	20	17	16	13	11	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	45	Poor
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Las Margaritas?

Las Margaritas sits at 16.3°N, 92.0°W, 1,513 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Comitán, 18 km away.

Topography around Las Margaritas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Las Margaritas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m around an average of 1,543 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,128 m.

The land around Las Margaritas is covered by trees (41%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

182 m

trees 41%

16 km

906 m

trees 46%

80 km

3,128 m

trees 69%

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← August Las Margaritas year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Comitán 18 km · Las Rosas 42 km · Teopisca 58 km · Venustiano Carranza 62 km · Ocosingo 67 km · Comalapa 75 km · Jacaltenango 77 km · San Cristóbal de las Casas 84 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

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 Las Margaritas (16.3128°, -91.9822°, elevation 1,513 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. 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	25	16
8	25	16
9	25	16
10	25	16
11	25	16
12	25	16
13	25	16
14	25	16
15	25	16
16	25	16
17	25	16
18	25	16
19	25	16
20	25	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	24	16
26	24	16
27	24	16
28	24	16
29	24	16
30	24	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	18	82
30	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	74
14	74
15	75
16	75
17	76
18	76
19	77
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	78
27	78
28	77
29	77
30	76

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	40	59
2	1	39	60
3	1	39	60
4	1	39	60
5	1	39	60
6	1	39	60
7	1	39	60
8	0	39	61
9	0	39	61
10	0	38	62
11	0	38	62
12	0	37	63
13	0	36	64
14	0	35	65
15	0	35	65
16	0	34	66
17	0	32	68
18	0	31	69
19	0	30	70
20	0	29	71
21	0	29	71
22	0	28	72
23	0	27	73
24	0	27	73
25	0	27	73
26	1	26	73
27	1	26	73
28	1	26	73
29	1	27	72
30	2	27	71

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	25	16
8	25	16
9	25	16
10	25	16
11	25	16
12	25	16
13	25	16
14	25	16
15	25	16
16	25	16
17	25	16
18	25	16
19	25	16
20	25	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	24	16
26	24	16
27	24	16
28	24	16
29	24	16
30	24	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	18	82
30	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	74
14	74
15	75
16	75
17	76
18	76
19	77
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	78
27	78
28	77
29	77
30	76

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	40	59
2	1	39	60
3	1	39	60
4	1	39	60
5	1	39	60
6	1	39	60
7	1	39	60
8	0	39	61
9	0	39	61
10	0	38	62
11	0	38	62
12	0	37	63
13	0	36	64
14	0	35	65
15	0	35	65
16	0	34	66
17	0	32	68
18	0	31	69
19	0	30	70
20	0	29	71
21	0	29	71
22	0	28	72
23	0	27	73
24	0	27	73
25	0	27	73
26	1	26	73
27	1	26	73
28	1	26	73
29	1	27	72
30	2	27	71

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	25	16
8	25	16
9	25	16
10	25	16
11	25	16
12	25	16
13	25	16
14	25	16
15	25	16
16	25	16
17	25	16
18	25	16
19	25	16
20	25	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	24	16
26	24	16
27	24	16
28	24	16
29	24	16
30	24	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	18	82
30	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	74
14	74
15	75
16	75
17	76
18	76
19	77
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	78
27	78
28	77
29	77
30	76

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	40	59
2	1	39	60
3	1	39	60
4	1	39	60
5	1	39	60
6	1	39	60
7	1	39	60
8	0	39	61
9	0	39	61
10	0	38	62
11	0	38	62
12	0	37	63
13	0	36	64
14	0	35	65
15	0	35	65
16	0	34	66
17	0	32	68
18	0	31	69
19	0	30	70
20	0	29	71
21	0	29	71
22	0	28	72
23	0	27	73
24	0	27	73
25	0	27	73
26	1	26	73
27	1	26	73
28	1	26	73
29	1	27	72
30	2	27	71