How warm does San Cristobal de las Casas get?

Typical daytime highs in San Cristobal de las Casas are Mar–May 22°C (72°F), Jun–Aug 20°C (68°F), Sep–Nov 19°C (66°F), Dec–Feb 19°C (66°F).

Is San Cristobal de las Casas expensive?

On the ground, San Cristobal de las Casas is budget-friendly.

Latin America & Caribbean / Mexico

San Cristobal de las Casas

Q: What sort of trip is San Cristobal de las Casas good for?

San Cristobal de las Casas is good for old stones and real towns, landscape doing the heavy lifting, an unhurried pace, moving about and doing things.

San Cristobal de las Casas · Mexico · Tuxtla Gutiérrez

A colonial highland town cool enough to need a jacket at night, indigenous villages nearby with textile markets that have barely changed in generations, and a canyon boat trip past walls a thousand metres high.

The best time to visit San Cristobal de las Casas is Oct–Apr, when typical daytime highs reach about 22°C (72°F). Local time there is 09:51 (UTC-6).

Best time to go

Oct–Apr

Budget on the ground

$ · budget-friendly

Nearest airport

TGZ · Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Good for

old stones and real towns landscape doing the heavy lifting an unhurried pace moving about and doing things

In season

January February March April October November December

The year at a glance

Light0 to 24h High24 to 44°C75 to 111°F Rain0 to 240mm0 to 9.4in

January · high 90°F · rain 0.1in · 11.2h of daylight · in the recommended window

shaded columns are the recommended window

Measured at Tuxtla Gutiérrez, this page’s gateway

San Cristobal de las Casas month by month, the same numbers the figure draws
Month	High °CHigh °F	Rain mmRain in	Light	Notes
January	32°C90°F	2mm0.1in	11.2h11.2h	in the recommended window
February	34°C92°F	2mm0.1in	11.6h11.6h	in the recommended window
March	35°C96°F	4mm0.2in	12.0h12.0h	in the recommended window
April	37°C99°F	5mm0.2in	12.5h12.5h	in the recommended window
May	36°C97°F	83mm3.3in	12.9h12.9h
June	33°C91°F	235mm9.3in	13.1h13.1h
July	34°C92°F	117mm4.6in	13.0h13.0h
August	33°C92°F	181mm7.1in	12.7h12.7h
September	32°C89°F	210mm8.3in	12.2h12.2h
October	31°C88°F	109mm4.3in	11.7h11.7h	in the recommended window
November	31°C88°F	42mm1.7in	11.3h11.3h	in the recommended window
December	31°C88°F	5mm0.2in	11.1h11.1h	in the recommended window

Good to know

Currency: MXN · peso
Language: Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
Plug: A, B
Driving: on the right

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