Tuxtla weather in July

In July, Tuxtla sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 294 mm of rain across 26 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in July, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of July to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Tuxtla's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tuxtla's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
5th warmest
Overnight low
18°
8th coldest
Rainfall
294 mm
26 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:51 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
77%
9th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Tuxtla is capital of the state of Chiapas, Mexico.

Founded
~400 BCE

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical July day in Tuxtla reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Tuxtla weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 15°71.911.18.5
Feb28° / 15°51.411.47.9
Mar29° / 17°112.811.96.5
Apr31° / 18°337.312.45.1
May30° / 19°15818.712.84.1
Jun28° / 19°36926.9133.6
Jul28° / 18°2942612.93.9
Aug28° / 19°32626.712.63.9
Sep27° / 19°34127.812.13.7
Oct26° / 18°17218.111.65.2
Nov26° / 16°456.511.27.4
Dec26° / 15°132118.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Tuxtla gets around 294 mm of rain over 26 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 85% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the muggy band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 87% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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Wind in July

Winds average 4 km/h in July.

Across July, 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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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of July to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 5.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Tuxtla

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is July a good time to visit Tuxtla?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tuxtla.

What to pack for Tuxtla in July

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

In July, Tuxtla sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tuxtla in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Tuxtla 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 11UV 14Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Tuxtla in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Tuxtla 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).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 2337 µg/m³Dec 1612 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar27Moderate
Apr38Poor
May37Poor
Jun21Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tuxtla?

Tuxtla sits at 16.8°N, 93.1°W, 535 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Chiapas, 12 km away.

Topography around Tuxtla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tuxtla has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 292 m around an average of 570 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,373 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,840 m.

The land around Tuxtla is covered by artificial surfaces (82%) within 3 km, trees (37%), grassland (27%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
292 m
16 km
1,373 m
80 km
2,840 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Chiapas 12 km · Suchiapa 14 km · Berriozábal 17 km · Ocozocoautla de Espinosa 28 km · San Cristóbal de las Casas 51 km · Villaflores 60 km · Cintalapa de Figueroa 65 km · Teopisca 72 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 Tuxtla (16.7536°, -93.1158°, elevation 535 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).