Puerto Escondido Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Mexico) (2024)

In Puerto Escondido, the wet season is oppressive and overcast, the dry season is humid and partly cloudy, and it is hot year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 71°F to 95°F and is rarely below 67°F or above 99°F.

Based on the beach/pool score, the best time of year to visit Puerto Escondido for hot-weather activities is from early December to mid April.

The temperature in Puerto Escondido varies so little throughout the year that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss hot and cold seasons.

In Puerto Escondido, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Puerto Escondido begins around November 7 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around May 8.

The clearest month of the year in Puerto Escondido is February, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 75% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 8 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around November 7.

The cloudiest month of the year in Puerto Escondido is September, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 92% of the time.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days in Puerto Escondido varies very significantly throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 4.7 months, from May 23 to October 13, with a greater than 28% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in Puerto Escondido is September, with an average of 15.1 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 7.3 months, from October 13 to May 23. The month with the fewest wet days in Puerto Escondido is December, with an average of 0.4 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in Puerto Escondido is September, with an average of 15.1 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 55% on September 12.

Rainfall

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Puerto Escondido experiences extreme seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

The rainy period of the year lasts for 6.7 months, from April 23 to November 15, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The month with the most rain in Puerto Escondido is September, with an average rainfall of 6.9 inches.

The rainless period of the year lasts for 5.3 months, from November 15 to April 23. The month with the least rain in Puerto Escondido is December, with an average rainfall of 0.1 inches.

The length of the day in Puerto Escondido varies over the course of the year. In 2023, the shortest day is December 21, with 11 hours, 11 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 21, with 13 hours, 4 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise is at 6:23 AM on April 1, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 0 minutes later at 7:23 AM on October 28. The earliest sunset is at 5:54 PM on November 22, and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 10 minutes later at 8:04 PM on July 7.

Daylight saving time (DST) is observed in Puerto Escondido during 2023, starting in the spring on April 2, lasting 6.8 months, and ending in the fall on October 29.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 2023. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

Puerto Escondido experiences extreme seasonal variation in the perceived humidity.

The muggier period of the year lasts for 8.9 months, from March 2 to November 28, during which time the comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable at least 39% of the time. The month with the most muggy days in Puerto Escondido is August, with 29.3 days that are muggy or worse.

The month with the fewest muggy days in Puerto Escondido is January, with 6.6 days that are muggy or worse.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Puerto Escondido experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 5.0 months, from January 20 to June 22, with average wind speeds of more than 6.6 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Puerto Escondido is March, with an average hourly wind speed of 7.3 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 7.0 months, from June 22 to January 20. The calmest month of the year in Puerto Escondido is October, with an average hourly wind speed of 6.0 miles per hour.

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Puerto Escondido varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the west for 4.5 months, from February 2 to June 16 and for 2.3 months, from September 2 to November 12, with a peak percentage of 56% on April 18. The wind is most often from the south for 2.5 months, from June 16 to September 2, with a peak percentage of 39% on June 22. The wind is most often from the north for 2.7 months, from November 12 to February 2, with a peak percentage of 39% on January 1.

Puerto Escondido is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average water temperature does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining within 2°F of 84°F throughout.

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Puerto Escondido throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Puerto Escondido for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid December to mid March, with a peak score in the last week of January.

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Puerto Escondido for hot-weather activities is from early December to mid April, with a peak score in the third week of February.

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Puerto Escondido are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy experiences some seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 2.1 months, from February 25 to April 30, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 6.5 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Puerto Escondido is March, with an average of 6.9 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 4.4 months, from June 9 to October 21, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 4.8 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Puerto Escondido is September, with an average of 4.3 kWh.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Puerto Escondido are 15.870 deg latitude, -97.077 deg longitude, and 246 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Puerto Escondido contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 554 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 150 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,316 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (10,125 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Puerto Escondido is covered by cropland (71%) and water (21%), within 10 miles by water (43%) and cropland (34%), and within 50 miles by water (47%) and trees (27%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Puerto Escondido, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Oaxaca - Xoxocotlán International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Puerto Escondido.

At a distance of 131 kilometers from Puerto Escondido, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records.

The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Puerto Escondido according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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