Editing Tapachula (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Puertochiapas2.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Beach at [[Port Chiapas|Puerto Chiapas]]]]
[[File:Volcal-tucan.jpg|thumb|[[Tacaná Volcano]]]]
The municipality stretches over a section of the [[Sierra Madre de Chiapas]] and west onto the coastal plain to the Pacific with an average altitude of {{convert|170|m|ft|-1|disp=or}} above sea level.<ref name="encmuc"/> The main ecosystems in the municipality include low growth rainforest, medium growth rainforest and [[oak]]-pine forests. Many of these forest areas have been over exploited with significant loss of both plant and animal life. Ecological reserves include El Cabildo-Amatán, El Gancho-Murillo and part of the Tacaná Volcano.<ref name="encmuc"/>

===Climate===
The climate varies by altitude from hot in the low coastal areas to temperate in the higher elevations. There is a small area with a cold climate as part of the [[Tacaná Volcano]]. Precipitation also varies by altitude.<ref name="encmuc"/> The climate of the city area is hot and humid most of the year.<ref name="mexsur"/>  The area is one of the rainiest in the world with annual rainfall in the mountains of about {{convert|3,900|mm|in|-1|disp=or}} drained by a number of rivers and streams that flow from the Sierra Madre de Chiapas over the coastal plain to the Pacific Ocean.<ref name="rincones"/> The main rivers are the Huehuetán, the Coatán and the Cuilco.<ref name="encmuc"/> There are eighty-two communities considered to be at high risk to natural disasters due to flooding of rivers and insufficient roadways to evacuate. Fifty-two of these located on riverbanks of three rivers: Coatán, Texcuyuapan and Cahoacán. Much of the flood control of the area was damaged or destroyed by [[Hurricane Stan]] in 2005.<ref name="ubican82">{{cite news |title= Ubican 82 comunidades como zonas de alto riesgo en Tapachula |newspaper=NOTIMEX |location=Mexico City |date=May 13, 2008 |page=1 |language=es |trans-title=82 communities indicated as high risk zones in Tapachula }}</ref>

{{Weather box
| location           = Tapachula (1991–2020)
| metric first       = yes
| single line        = Yes
| Jan record high C = 39.0
| Feb record high C = 39.7
| Mar record high C = 39.9
| Apr record high C = 41.2
| May record high C = 39.6
| Jun record high C = 39.0
| Jul record high C = 39.3
| Aug record high C = 39.2
| Sep record high C = 39.0
| Oct record high C = 38.1
| Nov record high C = 37.3
| Dec record high C = 37.8
| year record high C = 41.2
| Jan high C = 34.7
| Feb high C = 35.6
| Mar high C = 36.4
| Apr high C = 36.5
| May high C = 35.0
| Jun high C = 33.9
| Jul high C = 34.4
| Aug high C = 34.2
| Sep high C = 33.4
| Oct high C = 33.4
| Nov high C = 34.1
| Dec high C = 34.4
| year high C = 34.7
| Jan mean C = 28.0
| Feb mean C = 28.8
| Mar mean C = 29.7
| Apr mean C = 30.3
| May mean C = 29.5
| Jun mean C = 28.7
| Jul mean C = 28.8
| Aug mean C = 28.7
| Sep mean C = 28.2
| Oct mean C = 28.2
| Nov mean C = 28.4
| Dec mean C = 28.1
| year mean C = 28.8
| Jan low C = 21.3
| Feb low C = 22.0
| Mar low C = 23.0
| Apr low C = 24.1
| May low C = 24.1
| Jun low C = 23.5
| Jul low C = 23.2
| Aug low C = 23.2
| Sep low C = 23.1
| Oct low C = 23.0
| Nov low C = 22.7
| Dec low C = 21.8
| year low C = 22.9
| Jan record low C = 10.0
| Feb record low C = 9.4
| Mar record low C = 10.6
| Apr record low C = 12.5
| May record low C = 15.0
| Jun record low C = 15.5
| Jul record low C = 10.1
| Aug record low C = 12.2
| Sep record low C = 14.5
| Oct record low C = 12.2
| Nov record low C = 9.0
| Dec record low C = 11.5
| year record low C = 9.0
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 7.5
| Feb precipitation mm = 3.0
| Mar precipitation mm = 21.1
| Apr precipitation mm = 67.6
| May precipitation mm = 258.9
| Jun precipitation mm = 327.8
| Jul precipitation mm = 257.6
| Aug precipitation mm = 299.5
| Sep precipitation mm = 403.6
| Oct precipitation mm = 313.8
| Nov precipitation mm = 87.3
| Dec precipitation mm = 10.1
| Jan rain days = 0.7
| Feb rain days = 1.1
| Mar rain days = 2.7
| Apr rain days = 6.7
| May rain days = 18.4
| Jun rain days = 21.7
| Jul rain days = 20.0
| Aug rain days = 21.8
| Sep rain days = 23.6
| Oct rain days = 20.4
| Nov rain days = 7.2
| Dec rain days = 1.7
| Jan humidity = 69
| Feb humidity = 67
| Mar humidity = 68
| Apr humidity = 70
| May humidity = 75
| Jun humidity = 79
| Jul humidity = 78
| Aug humidity = 78
| Sep humidity = 80
| Oct humidity = 79
| Nov humidity = 76
| Dec humidity = 73
| year humidity = 74
| Jan sun = 230
| Feb sun = 207
| Mar sun = 222
| Apr sun = 191
| May sun = 153
| Jun sun = 138
| Jul sun = 167
| Aug sun = 167
| Sep sun = 149
| Oct sun = 180
| Nov sun = 200
| Dec sun = 221
| year sun = 
| source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (humidity 1981–2000)<ref name=SMN1>{{cite web
| url = https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Normales9120/chis/nor9120_07200.txt
| title = Estado de Chiapas-Estacion: TAPACHULA (DGE) 
| work = Normales Climatologicas 1991–2020
| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional 
| language = es
| access-date = 15 February 2025
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213080817/https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Normales9120/chis/nor9120_07200.txt
 |archive-date=December 13, 2024
}}</ref><ref name = SMN>{{cite web
| url = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Normales5110/NORMAL07200.TXT
| title = Estado de Chiapas–Estacion: Tapachula (DGE)
| work = NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1951–2010
| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
| language = es
| access-date = February 13, 2016}}</ref><ref name = extremas>{{cite web
| url = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Max-Extr/00007/00007200.TXT
| title = Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Tapachula (DGE) 1952-2008
| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
| language = es
| access-date = February 13, 2016}}</ref><ref name = obs>{{cite web
| url = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/observatorios/historica/tapachula.pdf
| title = NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1981–2000
| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional 
| language = es
| access-date = February 13, 2016}}</ref>
| source 2 = [[Deutscher Wetterdienst]] (sun, 1961–1990)<ref name = DWD>
{{cite web
| url = ftp://ftp-cdc.dwd.de/pub/CDC/observations_global/CLIMAT/multi_annual/sunshine_duration/1961_1990.txt
| title = Station 76903 Tapachula, Chis.
| work = Global station data 1961–1990—Sunshine Duration
| publisher = Deutscher Wetterdienst
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171017195327/ftp://ftp-cdc.dwd.de/pub/CDC/observations_global/CLIMAT/multi_annual/sunshine_duration/1961_1990.txt
| archive-date = 2017-10-17
| url-status = dead
| access-date = February 13, 2016}}</ref>{{efn|[https://web.archive.org/web/20171017195318/ftp://ftp-cdc.dwd.de/pub/CDC/help/stations_list_CLIMAT_data.txt Station ID for Tapachula, Chis. is 76903] Use this station ID to locate the sunshine duration}}
| date     = August 2012
}}