Puerto Escondido climate — normals and trends
Puerto Escondido (Mexico) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 2,119 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 (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Puerto Escondido averages 0 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Puerto Escondido has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.7 °C (on 18 May 1998) and the coldest 19.4 °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
Puerto EscondidoOaxaca
- coords
- 15.86°, -97.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.5°C
Average daily high
28.3°C
Average daily low
24.8°C
Annual rainfall
2,119mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
12.9km/h
Seasonal range
2.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.5 °C
Average feels-like low
28.6 °C
Average peak gust
25.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · 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
32.7 °C
18 May 1998
Coldest day
19.4 °C
15 January 1956
Wettest day
391 mm
23 September 1982
Windiest day
51.6 km/h
18 June 2025
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
19 June 2025
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
3 August 2020
Coldest feels-like
17.5 °C
13 January 1956
Sunniest day
12.9 h
6 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 29.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 7 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 29.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 30.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 9 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 30.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 49 mm | -40 mm |
| Jun | 29.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 576 mm | +182 mm |
| Jul | 30.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 111 mm | -179 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 217 mm | -156 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 632 mm | +41 mm |
| Oct | 28.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 560 mm | +256 mm |
| Nov | 29.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 8 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 29.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 4 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puerto Escondido?
Puerto Escondido has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 2,119 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puerto Escondido?
The hottest day measured in Puerto Escondido between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 1998, reaching 32.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puerto Escondido?
The coldest day measured in Puerto Escondido between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1956, at 19.4 °C.
Does it snow in Puerto Escondido?
Almost never: Puerto Escondido sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Puerto Escondido warmed?
Yes: Puerto Escondido warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puerto Escondido?
The wettest day measured in Puerto Escondido between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1982, with 391 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puerto Escondido?
The windiest day measured in Puerto Escondido between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2025, with winds reaching 51.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puerto Escondido?
The warmest month in Puerto Escondido is May (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Puerto Escondido?
Puerto Escondido receives on average 2,119 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puerto Escondido?
Puerto Escondido gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Puerto Escondido?
Yes: Puerto Escondido has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puerto Escondido?
In Puerto Escondido, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 3 August 2020, and the lowest was 17.5 °C on 13 January 1956.
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