Tonalá weather in November

In November, Tonalá sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 36 mm of rain across 4.2 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in November, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of November to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Tonalá's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tonalá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
36 mm
4.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:23 AM – 5:37 PM
Cloud cover
36%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

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

Founded
1490

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

Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical November day in Tonalá reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs on par with October and on par with December.

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How November really feels in Tonalá

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

November sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Tonalá weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°10.311.17.0
Feb30° / 21°20.411.56.5
Mar31° / 22°61.411.95.7
Apr32° / 23°225.912.44.8
May31° / 24°13919.912.73.5
Jun30° / 24°32826.312.93.0
Jul30° / 24°24526.812.93.0
Aug30° / 24°28827.612.52.9
Sep29° / 24°34727.812.13.0
Oct29° / 23°17118.311.64.3
Nov30° / 22°364.211.26.1
Dec30° / 21°30.611.16.8

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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26634
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46931
57030
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Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Tonalá gets around 36 mm of rain over 4.2 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 15% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November lands in the muggy band about 45% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 71% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
103133549
204133647
304143646
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805174137
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Wind in November

Winds average 12 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of November to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 5:41 PM to 5:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:165:41
211.46:175:41
311.46:175:40
411.46:175:40
511.46:185:40
611.36:185:39
711.36:195:39
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Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.84 kWh/m² in April across the year — November's 5.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Tonalá

In seasonPeak

In November, Tonalá sits inside its atlantic hurricane season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

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

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

Is November a good time to visit Tonalá?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Tonalá for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tonalá in November

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

In November, Tonalá sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Tonalá in November

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in November — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 km away) is warmest in August at about 31°C and coldest in February near 28°C.

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

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Tonalá in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tonalá peaks around June 17 at about 13 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highJun 17UV 13Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Tonalá in November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Tonalá is worst in May — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (January, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 1426 µg/m³Jan 19 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tonalá?

Tonalá sits at 16.1°N, 93.8°W, 50 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Arriaga, 22 km away.

Topography around Tonalá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tonalá has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 461 m around an average of 86 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,930 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,439 m.

The land around Tonalá is covered by trees (53%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), water (28%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
461 m
16 km
1,930 m
80 km
2,439 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
November weather nearby: Arriaga 22 km · Villaflores 54 km · Cintalapa de Figueroa 66 km · Pijijiapan 74 km · Ocozocoautla de Espinosa 85 km · Suchiapa 92 km · Berriozábal 94 km · Tuxtla 100 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 Tonalá (16.0901°, -93.7546°, elevation 50 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).