Motozintla climate — normals and trends
Motozintla (Mexico) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 3,080 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 May (18.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Motozintla averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 276 rainy days per year.
Motozintla has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.1 °C (on 15 May 1998) and the coldest 6.0 °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
MotozintlaChiapas
- coords
- 15.37°, -92.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.0°C
Average daily high
23.0°C
Average daily low
14.0°C
Annual rainfall
3,080mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
8.0km/h
Seasonal range
2.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
276 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.8 °C
Average feels-like low
14.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · p = < 0.001
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
29.1 °C
15 May 1998
Coldest day
6.0 °C
15 January 1956
Wettest day
204 mm
3 June 2020
Windiest day
18.3 km/h
3 January 2008
Strongest gust
79.6 km/h
28 November 1959
Hottest feels-like
34.9 °C
2 September 2024
Coldest feels-like
3.6 °C
13 January 1956
Sunniest day
12.7 h
27 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 33 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | 24.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 63 mm | +35 mm |
| Mar | 24.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 46 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 24.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 136 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 24.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 279 mm | -66 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 628 mm | +114 mm |
| Jul | 24.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 343 mm | -78 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 478 mm | +23 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 548 mm | 0 mm |
| Oct | 24.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 403 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 23.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 104 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 23.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 85 mm | +46 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Motozintla?
Motozintla has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 3,080 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Motozintla?
The hottest day measured in Motozintla between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1998, reaching 29.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Motozintla?
The coldest day measured in Motozintla between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1956, at 6.0 °C.
Does it snow in Motozintla?
Almost never: Motozintla sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Motozintla warmed?
Yes: Motozintla warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Motozintla?
The wettest day measured in Motozintla between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2020, with 204 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Motozintla?
The windiest day measured in Motozintla between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 2008, with winds reaching 18.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Motozintla?
The warmest month in Motozintla is May (18.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Motozintla?
Motozintla receives on average 3,080 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 276 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Motozintla?
Motozintla gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Motozintla?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Motozintla.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Motozintla?
In Motozintla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.9 °C on 2 September 2024, and the lowest was 3.6 °C on 13 January 1956.
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