Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo Temperatures & Rainfall: Averages by Month

Here you'll find information on the typical weather for each month in Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

There are averages for maximum and minimum temperatures in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit. These are followed by details about extremes – how hot and cold the vacation destination can actually get during each month.

For rainfall in Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo there are monthly totals of the number of days with wet weather and for the amount of rain this stretch of Pacific coast receives. Besides these averages, there are also data on how much a month's precipitation can vary from year to year.

The averages for temperature and rainfall are from weather data collected during 1981 to 2010. The usual ranges for hottest and coldest temperatures and total precipitation are based on the extremes recorded from 1964 to 2011.

Monthly Temperature Averages

The temperature remains fairly steady year-round at Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo, with winters averaging daily highs of 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 °C) and lows of 70 °F (21 °C). Summers are just a slightly hotter, when days typically heat up to 91 °F (33 °C) and nights cool off to 74 °F (23 °C).

Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo daily average temperatures

High °F	Low °F		High °C	Low °C
89	70	January	32	21
89	69	February	32	20
89	70	March	32	21
91	71	April	33	22
92	72	May	33	22
91	74	June	33	24
91	73	July	33	23
91	74	August	33	24
90	74	September	32	24
91	74	October	33	23
91	72	November	33	22
90	71	December	32	22
91	72	Year	33	22

How Hot Can Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo Get?

The temperature usually reaches at least 85 °F (29.5 °C) every month at Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo. But the beach resort normally gets no hotter than 107.6 °F (42 °C).

This table gives the range for each month of the highest officially recorded temperatures from 1964 to 2011. For example, some Januarys only get as hot as 86 °F, while in other years the month's temperature has climbed as high as 100 °F. Usually the hottest day for any January falls in between those two extremes.

Range for the highest monthly temperature at Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo

Range °F		Range °C
86 - 100	January	30 - 38
87 - 100	February	31 - 38
87 - 99	March	31 - 37
90 - 100	April	32 - 38
90 - 106	May	32 - 41
90 - 102	June	32 - 39
90 - 108	July	32 - 42
88 - 106	August	31 - 41
86 - 100	September	30 - 38
90 - 102	October	32 - 39
88 - 100	November	31 - 38
85 - 100	December	30 - 38

How Cold Does it Get in Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo?

Every month, the temperature at Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo usually drops to 80.6 °F (27 °C) or lower. Generally the beach towns never get colder than 50 °F (10 °C).

Typical range of lowest monthly temperatures at Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo

Range °F		Range °C
50 - 80	January	10 - 27
54 - 72	February	12 - 22
57 - 73	March	14 - 23
58 - 75	April	15 - 24
58 - 77	May	15 - 25
66 - 75	June	19 - 24
59 - 75	July	15 - 24
64 - 77	August	18 - 25
64 - 73	September	18 - 23
63 - 77	October	17 - 25
57 - 75	November	14 - 24
54 - 81	December	12 - 27

Total Rainfall Averages per Month

Winters bring really dry weather to this sun and sand destination, with averages of just one day and half an inch (13 millimetres) of rain a month.

During summer, the monthly rainfall averages out to ten days totalling seven inches (172 mm) a month. Usually September is Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo's rainiest time of year.

The number of rainy days includes those when rainfall amounted to 0.004 inches (0.1 mm) or more.

Average amount of rain at Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo

Days		Inches	Milli­metres
1	January	0.8	21
0	February	0.4	10
0	March	0.2	4
0	April	0.0	0
2	May	0.8	20
9	June	6.2	157
11	July	6.3	159
11	August	7.9	200
14	September	13.5	343
6	October	4.1	103
1	November	0.7	19
1	December	0.3	7
55	Year	41.1	1043

How Rainy is Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo?

How much it rains each month at Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo varies from year to year. To show what's possible, here's the range of total rainfall that's been measured – the driest and wettest per month.

During any month except July, Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo can go through the entire month without any rain. September, usually the wettest month here, this cluster of beaches can expect as much as 51 inches (1301 mm) of precipitation.

Typical range of total rainfall

Inches		Milli­metres
0 - 12	January	0 - 304
0 - 8	February	0 - 204
0 - 3.2	March	0 - 81
0 - 0.8	April	0 - 21
0 - 7	May	0 - 177
0 - 18.8	June	0 - 479
0.2 - 18.5	July	6 - 471
0 - 27.5	August	1 - 698
2 - 51.2	September	50 - 1301
0 - 20.9	October	0 - 530
0 - 7	November	0 - 179
0 - 2.9	December	0 - 73
0.3 - 76.1	Year	9 - 1933