Chichén-Itzá Weather in August
Chichén-Itzá in August
The short of it: Chichén-Itzá in August averages a high of 35 °C (95 °F) and a low of 21 °C (71 °F), with 147 mm (5.8 in) of rain and about 12 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 35° · low 21° · rain 147 mm · daylight 12 h 50 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Chichén-Itzá an average August high of 35°, a low of 21° and some 147 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 35° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 147 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 50 min in mid-August, 26 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Chichén-Itzá runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Piste, 4 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Chichén-Itzá, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 25 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h