Suchiapa weather in August

In August, Suchiapa sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 185 mm of rain across 25 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Suchiapa's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Suchiapa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 185 mm; 25 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 6:00 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 10th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

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

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Suchiapa reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°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 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How August really feels in Suchiapa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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 August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Suchiapa weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 17°	3	0.9	11.1	7.3
Feb	31° / 18°	2	0.5	11.4	6.2
Mar	33° / 19°	4	1.2	11.9	4.9
Apr	34° / 21°	19	4.6	12.4	3.7
May	33° / 22°	95	15.6	12.8	3.1
Jun	31° / 22°	218	24.7	13	2.9
Jul	31° / 21°	148	23.8	12.9	3.1
Aug	31° / 21°	185	25	12.6	3.0
Sep	30° / 21°	230	26.7	12.1	3.1
Oct	29° / 20°	131	16.9	11.6	4.6
Nov	29° / 19°	34	5.1	11.2	6.4
Dec	29° / 17°	7	0.8	11	7.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	31	30	30	29	28	27	27	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	20	19	19
Cloudier (%)	69	70	70	71	72	73	73	74	74	75	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	80	81	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	25	75
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	20	80
30	19	81
31	19	81

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Suchiapa gets around 185 mm of rain over 25 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 81% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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	31
Rain chance (%)	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	85	85	86	87	87	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	79
12	79
13	79
14	79
15	79
16	80
17	80
18	80
19	81
20	81
21	82
22	82
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24	83
25	84
26	85
27	85
28	86
29	87
30	87
31	88

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 82% 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	31
Muggy (%)	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	80
Oppressive (%)	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:56 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:23 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	31
Daylight (h)	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	5:56	6:41
2	12.7	5:56	6:41
3	12.7	5:56	6:40
4	12.7	5:57	6:40
5	12.7	5:57	6:39
6	12.7	5:57	6:39
7	12.7	5:58	6:38
8	12.7	5:58	6:38
9	12.7	5:58	6:37
10	12.6	5:58	6:37
11	12.6	5:58	6:36
12	12.6	5:59	6:36
13	12.6	5:59	6:35
14	12.6	5:59	6:35
15	12.6	5:59	6:34
16	12.6	6:00	6:33
17	12.5	6:00	6:33
18	12.5	6:00	6:32
19	12.5	6:00	6:31
20	12.5	6:00	6:31
21	12.5	6:01	6:30
22	12.5	6:01	6:29
23	12.5	6:01	6:29
24	12.4	6:01	6:28
25	12.4	6:01	6:27
26	12.4	6:01	6:27
27	12.4	6:02	6:26
28	12.4	6:02	6:25
29	12.4	6:02	6:24
30	12.4	6:02	6:24
31	12.3	6:02	6:23

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.61 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.51 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
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11	5.6	Bright
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24	5.4	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Suchiapa

In seasonPeak

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

Suchiapa's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Suchiapa?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Suchiapa.

What to pack for Suchiapa in August

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

In August, Suchiapa sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Suchiapa in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Suchiapa peaks around April 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 8 (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)	9	12	13	14	12	14	12	13	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Suchiapa in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Suchiapa is worst in April — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.1× 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	21	27	38	37	21	24	20	19	15	13	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	38	Poor
May	37	Poor
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	12	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Suchiapa?

Suchiapa sits at 16.6°N, 93.1°W, 457 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Chiapas, 13 km away.

Topography around Suchiapa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Suchiapa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 225 m around an average of 469 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 989 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,772 m.

The land around Suchiapa is covered by grassland (45%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, grassland (35%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

225 m

grassland 45%

16 km

989 m

grassland 35%

80 km

2,772 m

trees 56%

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← July Suchiapa year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Chiapas 13 km · Tuxtla 14 km · Berriozábal 27 km · Ocozocoautla de Espinosa 33 km · Villaflores 47 km · San Cristóbal de las Casas 50 km · Venustiano Carranza 65 km · Cintalapa de Figueroa 66 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 Suchiapa (16.6247°, -93.0989°, elevation 457 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	31	21
2	31	21
3	31	21
4	31	21
5	31	21
6	31	21
7	31	21
8	31	21
9	31	21
10	31	21
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12	31	21
13	31	21
14	31	21
15	31	21
16	31	21
17	31	21
18	31	21
19	31	21
20	31	21
21	31	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	25	75
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	20	80
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	79
12	79
13	79
14	79
15	79
16	80
17	80
18	80
19	81
20	81
21	82
22	82
23	83
24	83
25	84
26	85
27	85
28	86
29	87
30	87
31	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	25	75
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	20	80
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	79
12	79
13	79
14	79
15	79
16	80
17	80
18	80
19	81
20	81
21	82
22	82
23	83
24	83
25	84
26	85
27	85
28	86
29	87
30	87
31	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	25	75
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	20	80
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	79
12	79
13	79
14	79
15	79
16	80
17	80
18	80
19	81
20	81
21	82
22	82
23	83
24	83
25	84
26	85
27	85
28	86
29	87
30	87
31	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20