Mapastepec climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mapastepec?

Mapastepec has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 2,091 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mapastepec?

The hottest day measured in Mapastepec between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2024, reaching 37.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mapastepec?

The coldest day measured in Mapastepec between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1956, at 13.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mapastepec?

Almost never: Mapastepec sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Mapastepec warmed?

Yes: Mapastepec warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mapastepec?

The wettest day measured in Mapastepec between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1986, with 320 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mapastepec?

The windiest day measured in Mapastepec between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1972, with winds reaching 32.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mapastepec?

The warmest month in Mapastepec is April (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mapastepec?

Mapastepec receives on average 2,091 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 187 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mapastepec?

Mapastepec gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mapastepec (Mexico) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 2,091 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (26.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Mapastepec averages 0 frost days, 166 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 187 rainy days per year.

Mapastepec has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 12 April 2024) and the coldest 13.4 °C (on 15 January 1956).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

MapastepecChiapas

coords: 15.43°, -92.90°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

25.0°C

Average daily high

29.7°C

Average daily low

21.4°C

Annual rainfall

2,091mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

9.7km/h

Seasonal range

2.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

166 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

187 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.6 °C

Average feels-like low

23.8 °C

Average peak gust

29.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

301 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.87 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

37.0 °C

12 April 2024

Coldest day

13.4 °C

15 January 1956

Wettest day

320 mm

31 May 1986

Windiest day

32.1 km/h

16 December 1972

Strongest gust

84.2 km/h

16 December 1972

Hottest feels-like

42.9 °C

10 May 2020

Coldest feels-like

12.4 °C

13 January 1956

Sunniest day

12.7 h

4 July 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.3 °C16 April 2025	18.3 °C19 January 2025	26.5 °C	1,894 mm	307
2024	37.0 °C12 April 2024	17.7 °C11 February 2024	26.8 °C	2,485 mm	321
2023	33.8 °C12 February 2023	16.6 °C18 January 2023	26.5 °C	1,599 mm	327
2022	35.8 °C9 April 2022	17.8 °C2 January 2022	25.8 °C	2,044 mm	254
2021	35.3 °C1 April 2021	16.3 °C15 February 2021	25.9 °C	1,876 mm	295
2020	34.9 °C21 February 2020	18.2 °C29 December 2020	26.4 °C	2,449 mm	297
2019	35.1 °C19 April 2019	18.5 °C12 February 2019	26.3 °C	1,631 mm	320
2018	35.0 °C3 February 2018	15.7 °C11 January 2018	25.9 °C	1,852 mm	278
2017	34.8 °C19 March 2017	17.5 °C25 January 2017	26.0 °C	1,835 mm	275
2016	36.2 °C5 April 2016	18.1 °C25 January 2016	26.4 °C	1,896 mm	301
2015	35.8 °C29 April 2015	18.4 °C17 February 2015	26.7 °C	1,696 mm	320
2014	36.3 °C9 April 2014	18.3 °C27 December 2014	26.3 °C	1,812 mm	293
2013	35.5 °C27 March 2013	18.7 °C3 March 2013	26.2 °C	2,001 mm	277
2012	36.3 °C5 March 2012	16.8 °C11 December 2012	26.1 °C	1,967 mm	294
2011	35.0 °C12 February 2011	17.7 °C10 January 2011	25.9 °C	2,222 mm	250
2010	36.0 °C21 March 2010	15.8 °C25 January 2010	26.0 °C	2,700 mm	254
2009	35.2 °C7 April 2009	17.3 °C4 January 2009	26.0 °C	1,856 mm	267
2008	34.1 °C10 February 2008	18.3 °C30 January 2008	25.6 °C	2,125 mm	226
2007	35.8 °C17 March 2007	17.8 °C8 December 2007	25.9 °C	2,294 mm	257
2006	34.3 °C26 February 2006	17.1 °C24 November 2006	25.9 °C	2,379 mm	269
2005	35.3 °C17 April 2005	17.3 °C22 January 2005	25.7 °C	2,780 mm	234
2004	35.5 °C8 March 2004	17.0 °C27 January 2004	25.5 °C	1,780 mm	195
2003	34.8 °C4 April 2003	16.5 °C10 December 2003	25.7 °C	2,009 mm	224
2002	35.5 °C27 March 2002	16.4 °C11 January 2002	25.7 °C	2,146 mm	232
2001	34.9 °C5 March 2001	17.9 °C3 December 2001	25.6 °C	1,752 mm	232
2000	36.7 °C4 April 2000	17.0 °C12 February 2000	25.5 °C	1,825 mm	238
1999	35.5 °C18 April 1999	15.6 °C4 December 1999	25.2 °C	2,156 mm	219
1998	35.7 °C11 April 1998	15.8 °C8 December 1998	25.8 °C	3,076 mm	220
1997	34.7 °C10 March 1997	16.4 °C16 December 1997	25.6 °C	1,808 mm	216
1996	34.6 °C12 February 1996	15.8 °C14 January 1996	25.2 °C	1,951 mm	186
1995	33.5 °C13 April 1995	17.9 °C12 February 1995	25.1 °C	2,829 mm	153
1994	34.9 °C29 March 1994	18.1 °C28 January 1994	25.2 °C	1,663 mm	153
1993	33.7 °C14 March 1993	17.5 °C10 January 1993	25.2 °C	2,083 mm	191
1992	34.3 °C14 March 1992	16.3 °C9 February 1992	25.3 °C	2,023 mm	167
1991	35.0 °C4 March 1991	16.8 °C14 February 1991	25.1 °C	1,691 mm	181
1990	33.8 °C21 March 1990	17.2 °C23 February 1990	25.2 °C	1,727 mm	148
1989	33.4 °C6 April 1989	14.2 °C28 February 1989	24.6 °C	2,155 mm	130
1988	33.7 °C25 February 1988	17.8 °C28 January 1988	25.1 °C	2,174 mm	168
1987	34.4 °C16 April 1987	16.3 °C30 January 1987	25.3 °C	1,583 mm	220
1986	32.8 °C23 March 1986	15.5 °C29 January 1986	24.6 °C	2,141 mm	113
1985	34.2 °C9 March 1985	16.2 °C29 January 1985	24.5 °C	2,019 mm	94
1984	33.1 °C7 May 1984	16.5 °C1 January 1984	24.6 °C	1,875 mm	142
1983	33.4 °C13 May 1983	15.0 °C9 March 1983	24.9 °C	1,777 mm	134
1982	33.3 °C23 April 1982	16.4 °C6 March 1982	25.0 °C	1,641 mm	154
1981	32.8 °C6 April 1981	15.6 °C1 January 1981	24.5 °C	1,921 mm	101
1980	33.6 °C20 April 1980	16.2 °C19 December 1980	24.9 °C	2,051 mm	150
1979	34.6 °C14 April 1979	16.2 °C13 January 1979	25.0 °C	2,247 mm	176
1978	33.7 °C20 March 1978	16.5 °C18 January 1978	24.9 °C	2,311 mm	163
1977	34.8 °C7 April 1977	17.1 °C23 December 1977	25.1 °C	1,804 mm	172
1976	33.8 °C1 April 1976	16.3 °C4 February 1976	24.9 °C	2,104 mm	170
1975	33.2 °C8 March 1975	15.3 °C11 January 1975	24.5 °C	2,169 mm	132
1974	33.5 °C22 February 1974	16.8 °C20 February 1974	24.4 °C	2,114 mm	117
1973	34.4 °C28 April 1973	15.3 °C16 December 1973	24.7 °C	2,315 mm	137
1972	34.3 °C9 March 1972	15.9 °C17 February 1972	24.8 °C	2,433 mm	140
1971	34.6 °C20 March 1971	15.9 °C20 April 1971	24.3 °C	2,043 mm	102
1970	34.1 °C14 March 1970	15.2 °C19 January 1970	24.6 °C	2,279 mm	147
1969	34.4 °C21 April 1969	15.9 °C21 January 1969	25.0 °C	2,069 mm	161
1968	33.0 °C9 April 1968	15.2 °C28 February 1968	24.2 °C	2,362 mm	76
1967	33.2 °C11 March 1967	16.5 °C18 March 1967	24.4 °C	1,778 mm	108
1966	32.7 °C25 February 1966	16.9 °C22 December 1966	24.3 °C	2,069 mm	83
1965	32.1 °C21 March 1965	15.6 °C3 March 1965	24.2 °C	2,299 mm	43
1964	32.6 °C5 March 1964	16.5 °C1 January 1964	24.2 °C	1,867 mm	67
1963	33.1 °C23 March 1963	15.2 °C8 February 1963	24.2 °C	2,212 mm	76
1962	33.6 °C2 April 1962	16.9 °C6 January 1962	24.0 °C	1,890 mm	65
1961	33.9 °C16 April 1961	17.1 °C27 December 1961	24.3 °C	1,923 mm	108
1960	33.3 °C4 April 1960	15.2 °C5 February 1960	24.2 °C	2,269 mm	98
1959	34.1 °C2 April 1959	17.5 °C30 November 1959	24.3 °C	1,977 mm	105
1958	34.4 °C14 March 1958	16.4 °C2 March 1958	24.6 °C	2,271 mm	112
1957	35.6 °C6 May 1957	16.4 °C11 December 1957	24.4 °C	1,766 mm	90
1956	32.4 °C25 April 1956	13.4 °C15 January 1956	23.8 °C	2,118 mm	62
1955	33.0 °C28 March 1955	16.8 °C21 February 1955	23.8 °C	2,624 mm	74
1954	34.1 °C14 March 1954	16.6 °C11 February 1954	24.0 °C	2,420 mm	81
1953	34.9 °C20 April 1953	15.6 °C14 January 1953	24.5 °C	2,447 mm	105
1952	34.0 °C6 April 1952	17.1 °C18 December 1952	24.3 °C	2,323 mm	92
1951	34.0 °C12 April 1951	16.1 °C5 February 1951	24.8 °C	1,845 mm	129
1950	32.4 °C6 April 1950	16.6 °C29 November 1950	23.9 °C	2,645 mm	50
1949	33.2 °C6 April 1949	16.5 °C19 November 1949	24.0 °C	2,015 mm	52
1948	33.4 °C13 March 1948	16.4 °C16 January 1948	24.2 °C	2,350 mm	54
1947	32.8 °C16 March 1947	16.0 °C19 February 1947	24.2 °C	2,759 mm	77
1946	32.6 °C10 February 1946	16.4 °C28 February 1946	24.0 °C	2,136 mm	64
1945	32.7 °C6 April 1945	15.2 °C6 December 1945	23.9 °C	2,410 mm	56
1944	33.6 °C8 March 1944	17.2 °C21 January 1944	24.1 °C	1,976 mm	80
1943	32.2 °C3 March 1943	16.6 °C22 December 1943	23.8 °C	2,277 mm	40
1942	34.2 °C22 March 1942	17.6 °C26 January 1942	24.1 °C	2,455 mm	83
1941	34.7 °C29 March 1941	15.5 °C16 January 1941	24.4 °C	1,682 mm	120
1940	32.4 °C1 July 1940	16.0 °C24 December 1940	24.3 °C	1,530 mm	113

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.3 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

307 d/yr

+141

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1894 mm

-197 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.4 °C	+2.3 °C	15 mm	+10 mm
Feb	32.1 °C	+1.4 °C	30 mm	+26 mm
Mar	32.6 °C	+1.4 °C	5 mm	-5 mm
Apr	32.9 °C	+1.5 °C	41 mm	+4 mm
May	32.1 °C	+1.9 °C	78 mm	-94 mm
Jun	30.2 °C	+1.4 °C	378 mm	+34 mm
Jul	31.2 °C	+2.0 °C	319 mm	-42 mm
Aug	30.5 °C	+1.5 °C	277 mm	-84 mm
Sep	30.1 °C	+1.6 °C	341 mm	-91 mm
Oct	30.2 °C	+1.4 °C	336 mm	+54 mm
Nov	30.7 °C	+1.4 °C	25 mm	-49 mm
Dec	30.6 °C	+0.9 °C	50 mm	+40 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.3 °C

16 Apr 2025

Coldest day

18.3 °C

19 Jan 2025

Wettest day

57.8 mm

17 Jun 2025

Windiest day

20.6 km/h

22 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

21 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.2 °C

16 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

18.6 °C

19 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

20 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mapastepec?

Mapastepec has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 2,091 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mapastepec?

The hottest day measured in Mapastepec between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2024, reaching 37.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mapastepec?

The coldest day measured in Mapastepec between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1956, at 13.4 °C.

Does it snow in Mapastepec?

Almost never: Mapastepec sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Mapastepec warmed?

Yes: Mapastepec warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mapastepec?

The wettest day measured in Mapastepec between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1986, with 320 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mapastepec?

The windiest day measured in Mapastepec between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1972, with winds reaching 32.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mapastepec?

The warmest month in Mapastepec is April (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Mapastepec?

Mapastepec receives on average 2,091 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 187 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mapastepec?

Mapastepec gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mapastepec?

Yes: Mapastepec has on average 301 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mapastepec?

In Mapastepec, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 10 May 2020, and the lowest was 12.4 °C on 13 January 1956.

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