Oxchuc is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 54,932, up from 33,780 as of 2005. It covers an area of 72 km2.

As of 2010, the town of Oxchuc had a population of 6,675. 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.

Climate

Climate data for Oxchuc (1991–2020)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
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)16.413.113.413.218.823.121.424.524.722.119.417.7227.8
Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional