Climate and average weather in Tuxpan

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

Best: early January to late March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tuxpan typically varies from 16°C to 34°C, and is rarely below 13°C or above 37°C. June is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Tuxpan for warm-weather activities are from early January to late March and late November to late December.

Hottest
Jun
34°
Coldest
Jan
16°
Wettest
Aug
321 mm
Driest
Apr
0 mm
Rain / yr
1084 mm
94 wet days
Daylight
10.7–13.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
11 m
21.9°N
Clearest
May
25% cloud

Tuxpan 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 early January to late March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Tuxpan stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is June, with an average high of 34°C and low of 24°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 16°C and high of 28°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in April.

10°15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2816
Feb2916
Mar3017
Apr3218
May3421
Jun3424
Jul3325
Aug3225
Sep3225
Oct3224
Nov3120
Dec2917

How hot and cold Tuxpan 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, Tuxpan feels like about 41°C (around August 5). About 214 days a year carry some heat stress, and 114 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in August.

15°20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan28281616
Feb29291616
Mar30301617
Apr32321818
May35342121
Jun39342424
Jul40332525
Aug40322525
Sep40322525
Oct38322424
Nov33312020
Dec29291717

Average hourly temperature in Tuxpan

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 June afternoons, near 34°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 16°C.

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

Tuxpan 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
Jan28° / 16°171.610.87.6
Feb29° / 16°14111.27.0
Mar30° / 17°40.511.86.4
Apr32° / 18°00.212.55.4
May34° / 21°20.4134.3
Jun34° / 24°938.613.33.2
Jul33° / 25°22821.113.22.7
Aug32° / 25°32124.912.82.6
Sep32° / 25°28523.712.12.8
Oct32° / 24°929.111.54.5
Nov31° / 20°161.8116.0
Dec29° / 17°141.510.77.1

Chance of rain

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

Tuxpan gets about 1084 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 4.1 months, from around Jun 16 to Oct 17, peaking in September at about 86% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 19.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 321 mm over about 25 wet days; April is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 1 · 86%Apr 19 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan62
Feb31
Mar21
Apr00
May20
Jun299
Jul6821
Aug7925
Sep7724
Oct319
Nov72
Dec42

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tuxpan collects about 1084 mm of rain across 94 wet days — roughly 90 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 321 mm, while April is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 77% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec171440293228321285921614
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan172
Feb141
Mar41
Apr00
May20
Jun939
Jul22821
Aug32125
Sep28524
Oct929
Nov162
Dec142

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Tuxpan, 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 October 12 and lasts for 8.1 months, ending around June 16. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 83% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 17 and lasts for 3.8 months, ending around October 11. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 77% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 22 · 86%Sep 2 · 19%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6733
Feb7327
Mar7525
Apr7228
May8317
Jun6040
Jul2575
Aug2377
Sep2674
Oct6535
Nov7822
Dec6832

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 3, brings about 13 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.86:475:34
Feb11.26:385:53
Mar11.86:166:06
Apr12.55:466:17
May13.05:266:29
Jun13.35:216:41
Jul13.25:306:43
Aug12.85:426:28
Sep12.15:525:59
Oct11.56:025:31
Nov11.06:185:14
Dec10.76:375:17

Sunny days

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

Tuxpan averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 23 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 8.0 months, from around Oct 14 to Jun 15. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 22 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 2 sunny days — about 92% fewer than the May peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantMay 2123 daysAug 132 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan18Bright
Feb17Bright
Mar20Bright
Apr18Bright
May22Bright
Jun13Mixed
Jul3Gloomy
Aug2Gloomy
Sep3Gloomy
Oct15Mixed
Nov20Bright
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 Tuxpan, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around May 13 to December 9. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 10 to May 12, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 35% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 5 · 40%Jun 11 · 0%humidoppressivemiserablemuggycomfortablecomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan627541200
Feb528551300
Mar73154900
Apr630491500
May2103244110
Jun002255220
Jul00022870
Aug0000793
Sep0000892
Oct00153361
Nov131435415
Dec515463130

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.

Wind in Tuxpan is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMay 30 · 6 km/hAug 30 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul5calm
Aug4calm
Sep4calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Hazard calendar for Tuxpan

In seasonPeak

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

Tuxpan sits in the eastern Pacific hurricane zone; the season peaks August–September.

Tuxpan's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Best time to visit Tuxpan

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid March, Tuxpan is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 Tuxpan for general outdoor tourist activities is from late November to late March, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 5 · 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
Jan7.5ideal
Feb7.0good
Mar6.4good
Apr5.4fair
May4.3fair
Jun3.2poor
Jul2.7poor
Aug2.6poor
Sep2.8poor
Oct4.5fair
Nov6.0good
Dec7.1good

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 Tuxpan for hot-weather activities is from late October to early June, with a peak score in the last week of February.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 25 · 8.9

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 Tuxpan, 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.

Tuxpan packs about the same all year — highs hold near 34°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In June, Tuxpan sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Tuxpan

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 34 km away) is warmest in August at about 30°C and coldest in March near 24°C.

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

22°24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb24Warm
Mar24Refreshing
Apr25Warm
May27Warm
Jun28Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec26Warm

UV index (midday) in Tuxpan 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 Tuxpan peaks around May 13 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighMay 13UV 12Dec 17UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov6High
Dec6High

Average hourly UV index in Tuxpan

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 May 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)
Jan5.52
Feb74.5
Mar7.55.5
Apr86
May8.56.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul86
Aug86
Sep7.55.5
Oct74.5
Nov62
Dec5.50

Air quality in Tuxpan 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 Tuxpan is worst in May — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 1927 µg/m³Nov 208 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr13Moderate
May29Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul10Good
Aug9Good
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Tuxpan 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. Tuxpan banks about 5,769 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around June.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan371
Feb351
Mar413
Apr441
May529
Jun575
Jul583
Aug571
Sep544
Oct542
Nov456
Dec394

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.

Tuxpan receives about 5.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.4 and 7.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.4 months, from around Feb 17 to Jun 29. The brightest month is May, averaging about 7.6 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 4.4 kWh/m² — roughly 41% less than the May peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 77.7 kWhDec 164.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.7Bright
Feb5.6Bright
Mar6.7Intense
Apr7.4Intense
May7.7Intense
Jun6.3Intense
Jul5.5Bright
Aug5.3Bright
Sep4.8Bright
Oct5.0Bright
Nov4.8Bright
Dec4.4Bright

Where is Tuxpan?

Tuxpan sits at 21.9°N, 105.3°W, 11 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Santiago Ixcuintla, 17 km away.

Topography around Tuxpan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tuxpan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 401 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,474 m.

The land around Tuxpan is covered by cropland (74%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
11 m
16 km
401 m
80 km
2,474 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
Nearby: Santiago Ixcuintla 17 km · Acaponeta 61 km · Tepic 64 km · Xalisco 69 km · Compostela 88 km · Escuinapa de Hidalgo 111 km · Sayulita 120 km · El Rosario 130 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 Tuxpan (21.9417°, -105.299°, elevation 11 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).