Average Rainfall in Mexico for August

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during August at cities in Mexico. Each place has a total for days of wet weather and for the amount of rain it gets on average this month.

The calculation of rainy days only includes days when rainfall totalled 0.004 inches (0.1 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages of weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

You can jump to a separate table for different regions of the country: Baja California, Northern Mexico, The Bajio, Central Mexico, Pacific Coast and Yucatán Peninsula.

Baja California

Rain totals here are for places in the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur in northwest Mexico.

Average monthly precipitation in August
Days City Inches Milli­metres
4 Cabo San Lucas 2.0 52
4 La Paz 1.6 42
2 Mexicali 0.4 10
4 San Jose del Cabo 2.5 63
0 Tijuana 0.1 1

Northern Mexico

This section covers the states of Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Sinaloa and Sonora.

August averages for total rainfall
Days City Inches Milli­metres
14 Culiacán 8.0 203
15 Durango 3.5 90
9 Hermosillo 3.9 100
6 Monterrey 2.8 70
9 Saltillo 2.0 51
5 Torreón 1.3 32

The Bajio

These cities are in Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí states.

Average amount of rain in August
Days City Inches Milli­metres
13 Aguascalientes 4.3 108
13 Guanajuato City 5.6 143
13 León 6.3 160
9 Querétaro 3.3 85
9 San Luis Potosí 1.9 47

Central Mexico

Rainfall totals here are for places in the states of Distrito Federal, Puebla and Veracruz.

Precipitation totals for August
Days City Inches Milli­metres
11 Mexico City 2.2 55
18 Puebla 6.3 161
9 Tampico 5.1 128
18 Veracruz 14.2 362

Pacific Coast

This list covers the states of Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit and Oaxaca

August rainfall averages
Days City Inches Milli­metres
14 Acapulco 11.9 302
20 Guadalajara 8.5 216
11 Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo 7.9 200
20 Morelia 6.7 170
11 Oaxaca 4.6 116
21 Puerto Vallarta 14.9 380
17 San Blas 15.2 386
15 San Cristobal de las Casas 6.1 155
18 Taxco 8.9 227
17 Tuxtla Gutiérrez 7.4 188

Yucatán Peninsula

These cities are in the states of Quintana Roo, Tobasco and Yucatán.

Average total August precipitation
Days City Inches Milli­metres
9 Cancun 3.4 88
12 Mérida 5.1 129
8 Tulum 3.9 99
15 Villahermosa 9.6 243
Reference

CONAGUA. Comisión Nacional Del Agua. Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, México. Normales Climatológicas por Estación

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