Oxchuc
Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico
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Oxchuc is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.
Oxchuc | |
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  Oxchuc Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°51′N 92°25′W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
• Total | 28 sq mi (72 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 54,932 |
As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 54,932,[1][2] up from 33,780 as of 2005.[3] It covers an area of 72 km2.
As of 2010, the town of Oxchuc had a population of 6,675.[2] Other than the town of Oxchuc, the municipality had 152 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Yoshib (3,722), classified as urban, and Mesbilja (1,793), El Tzay (1,594), and Tzopilja (1,245), classified as rural.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Oxchuc (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
37.0 (98.6) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.5 (86.9) |
37.0 (98.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.5 (59.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.3 (63.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
13.9 (57.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
15.8 (60.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
11.9 (53.4) |
10.8 (51.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
0.1 (32.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
0.1 (32.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
1.0 (33.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 90.3 (3.56) |
52.0 (2.05) |
54.5 (2.15) |
72.9 (2.87) |
161.6 (6.36) |
248.5 (9.78) |
173.8 (6.84) |
254.2 (10.01) |
316.2 (12.45) |
205.7 (8.10) |
141.7 (5.58) |
91.7 (3.61) |
1,863.1 (73.35) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 16.4 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 18.8 | 23.1 | 21.4 | 24.5 | 24.7 | 22.1 | 19.4 | 17.7 | 227.8 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[4][5] | |||||||||||||
