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