Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico
Pijijiapan is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas , on the coast of the Pacific Ocean about midway between the border with the state of Oaxaca and the international frontier with Guatemala .
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 50,079,[ 1] 2 .
As of 2010, the city of Pijijiapan had a population of 16,917.[ 1] Las Brisas (1,718), San Isidro (1,626), Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez (Margaritas) (1,617), Tamaulipas (Joaquín Amaro) (1,567), El Carmen (1,416), Hermenegildo Galeana (1,158), El Palmarcito (1,135), and La Esperanza (El Zapotal) (1,031), classified as rural.[ 1]
On 7 September 2017, a powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struck the coast of Pijijiapan , with the epicenter placed at 87 km (54 miles) southwest of the town.[ 2]
Climate
Climate data for Pijijiapan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1959–present)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
40
42.5
41
42.5
41
39
39.5
40
38
41
40
40.5
42.5
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
35.4
36.0
36.1
36.2
34.7
32.9
33.3
33.2
32.8
33.6
34.9
35.2
34.5
Daily mean °C (°F)
28.2
28.7
29.2
29.9
29.3
28.1
28.1
28.1
27.9
28.2
28.6
28.4
28.6
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
21.0
21.4
22.4
23.5
23.9
23.3
23.0
23.0
22.9
22.8
22.4
21.6
22.6
Record low °C (°F)
15
10.5
15
17
17.5
18.5
20
0
18
18.5
3.5
16
0
Average precipitation mm (inches)
1.0
1.7
16.4
52.5
241.6
391.8
337.6
393.4
482.3
268.1
32.7
10.7
2,229.8
Average precipitation days
0.9
0.5
1.9
4.1
14.6
22.0
22.5
23.8
24.1
15.8
3.9
0.8
134.9
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional [ 3] [ 4]
References
15°41′N 93°13′W / 15.683°N 93.217°W / 15.683; -93.217
