Today
Has it rained enough in Oaxaca?
Rain soaked properly in 2 days ago, and the ground is still holding some of it.
Oaxaca has had 119mm of rain in the last 30 days. A normal September here brings 167.8mm, so the ground is roughly where it should be for the time of year.
Rain reaching the roots · 14 days
15 SeptToday
Reached the roots
Rain that did not
7 days of 14
Thirty years
Rain in Oaxaca through a normal year
Across a normal year Oaxaca gets about 779.6mm of rain, most of it in September (167.8mm) and least in January (2.8mm).
A normal September in Oaxaca has rain on 23 days. Only 17 of them bring enough to reach a root.
That makes Oaxaca one of the wetter places this site covers in Mexico in September — 3rd of 8, against Mexico City at the wet end (186.2mm) and Tijuana at the dry end (7.3mm).
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Average rainfall by month, 1995–2024
What it means
What that means for what you grow
- Pots and hanging basketsWorst hit, and first to suffer. Very little soil, fully exposed, and nothing to fall back on — in this weather they can empty in a day.
- Salad and leafy vegShallow-rooted and quick to bolt once they run dry. First priority of anything in the ground.
- Beds and bordersA long soak that reaches the roots is worth more than a daily sprinkle, which only wets the surface and is gone by lunchtime.
- Established shrubs and treesFine as they are. They draw from far deeper than a dry spell reaches.