Palenque weather in September

In September, Palenque sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 227 mm of rain across 25.3 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in September, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Palenque's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palenque's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 227 mm; 25.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:59 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Palenque is municipal seat of Palenque, State of Chiapas, Mexico.

Founded: 1567

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

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical September day in Palenque reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 2°C cooler than August and about 2°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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	32	23
16	32	23
17	32	23
18	32	23
19	32	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

How September really feels in Palenque

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in September is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Palenque weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 18°	106	10.8	11.1	6.6
Feb	29° / 19°	64	7.3	11.4	6.1
Mar	32° / 20°	52	6.2	11.9	4.8
Apr	34° / 22°	58	6.6	12.4	3.2
May	35° / 24°	95	11.6	12.8	2.5
Jun	33° / 24°	218	21.2	13	2.4
Jul	33° / 23°	124	17.3	12.9	2.8
Aug	33° / 23°	173	21.2	12.6	2.5
Sep	32° / 23°	227	25.3	12.1	2.6
Oct	30° / 22°	196	19.1	11.6	3.9
Nov	29° / 20°	138	13.1	11.2	5.4
Dec	28° / 19°	94	9.5	11	6.7

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in September, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	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 (%)	32	31	31	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	28
Cloudier (%)	68	69	69	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	73	72	72	72	72	72	72

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Palenque gets around 227 mm of rain over 25.3 wet days in September, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 83% and peaks near 84% 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 (%)	81	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	82	81	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	82
3	82
4	83
5	83
6	83
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	84
13	84
14	84
15	84
16	84
17	84
18	84
19	84
20	84
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	84
26	83
27	83
28	82
29	81
30	81

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the oppressive band about 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Muggy (%)	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	7
Oppressive (%)	78	79	79	78	78	79	79	79	80	79	79	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	79	80	80	80	80	79
Miserable (%)	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	14

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

Wind in September

Winds average 5 km/h in September, the calmest month.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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29	5	calm
30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

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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 5:57 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:18 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	12.3	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)	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	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	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:57	6:18
2	12.3	5:57	6:17
3	12.3	5:58	6:16
4	12.3	5:58	6:16
5	12.3	5:58	6:15
6	12.3	5:58	6:14
7	12.2	5:58	6:13
8	12.2	5:58	6:12
9	12.2	5:58	6:11
10	12.2	5:59	6:10
11	12.2	5:59	6:10
12	12.2	5:59	6:09
13	12.1	5:59	6:08
14	12.1	5:59	6:07
15	12.1	5:59	6:06
16	12.1	5:59	6:05
17	12.1	5:59	6:04
18	12.1	6:00	6:03
19	12.0	6:00	6:03
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	6:01	5:57
26	11.9	6:01	5:56
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 5.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.6 kWh/m² in April across the year — September's 5.22 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)	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	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	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Palenque?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Palenque.

What to pack for Palenque in September

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

In September, Palenque sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Palenque in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Palenque peaks around April 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (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)	8	11	12	13	7	12	12	13	12	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	7	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Palenque 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 Palenque is worst in April — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.5× the cleanest month (December, 12 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)	13	14	20	80	77	27	26	22	21	17	15	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	80	Unhealthy
May	77	Unhealthy
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	12	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Palenque?

Palenque sits at 17.5°N, 92.0°W, 94 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Emiliano Zapata, 34 km away.

Topography around Palenque

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palenque has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 65 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,134 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,466 m.

The land around Palenque is covered by trees (50%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

61 m

trees 50%

16 km

1,134 m

trees 57%

80 km

2,466 m

trees 53%

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

September weather nearby: Emiliano Zapata 34 km · Yajalón 53 km · Tenosique 59 km · Ocosingo 68 km · Macuspana 71 km · Río de Teapa 102 km · Teapa 103 km · Playas del Rosario 108 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 Palenque (17.5091°, -91.9813°, elevation 94 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	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	32	23
16	32	23
17	32	23
18	32	23
19	32	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	82
3	82
4	83
5	83
6	83
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	84
13	84
14	84
15	84
16	84
17	84
18	84
19	84
20	84
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	84
26	83
27	83
28	82
29	81
30	81

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	32	23
16	32	23
17	32	23
18	32	23
19	32	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	82
3	82
4	83
5	83
6	83
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	84
13	84
14	84
15	84
16	84
17	84
18	84
19	84
20	84
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	84
26	83
27	83
28	82
29	81
30	81

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	32	23
16	32	23
17	32	23
18	32	23
19	32	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	82
3	82
4	83
5	83
6	83
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	84
13	84
14	84
15	84
16	84
17	84
18	84
19	84
20	84
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	84
26	83
27	83
28	82
29	81
30	81

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