Salto de Agua

For the fountain, see Chapultepec aqueduct. For the local train station, see Salto de Agua railway station. For the Mexico City Metro station, see Salto del Agua metro station.

Salto de Agua is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

Salto de Agua
Municipality
Salto de Agua Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°33′14″N 92°20′25″W
Country	Mexico
State	Chiapas
Area
• Total	497.8 sq mi (1,289.2 km2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	57,253

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 57,253,^[1] up from 49,300 as of 2005.^[2] It covers an area of 1289.2 km².

Other than the town of Salto de Agua, the municipality had 387 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Egipto (1,419), Belisario Domínguez (1,393), San Miguel (1,373), Santa María (1,317), Ignacio Zaragoza (1,303), Río Jordán (1,197), Estrella de Belén (1,151), Jerusalén (1,151), Arroyo Palenque (1,137), and Cenobio Aguilar (La Trinidad) (1,006), classified as rural.^[1]

Climate

Climate data for Salto de Agua (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1952–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	39 (102)	36 (97)	41.5 (106.7)	41.2 (106.2)	43 (109)	40.5 (104.9)	38 (100)	39 (102)	37.5 (99.5)	38.5 (101.3)	35.3 (95.5)	38 (100)	43 (109)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	27.2 (81.0)	28.9 (84.0)	31.5 (88.7)	33.7 (92.7)	34.6 (94.3)	33.7 (92.7)	33.4 (92.1)	33.4 (92.1)	32.3 (90.1)	30.7 (87.3)	28.9 (84.0)	27.7 (81.9)	31.3 (88.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	22.9 (73.2)	24.0 (75.2)	25.8 (78.4)	27.9 (82.2)	28.9 (84.0)	28.5 (83.3)	28.1 (82.6)	28.1 (82.6)	27.7 (81.9)	26.6 (79.9)	24.7 (76.5)	23.5 (74.3)	26.4 (79.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	18.6 (65.5)	19.1 (66.4)	20.0 (68.0)	22.1 (71.8)	23.3 (73.9)	23.4 (74.1)	22.8 (73.0)	22.9 (73.2)	23.0 (73.4)	22.4 (72.3)	20.6 (69.1)	19.3 (66.7)	21.5 (70.7)
Record low °C (°F)	2.5 (36.5)	2.5 (36.5)	12.5 (54.5)	13.5 (56.3)	16.5 (61.7)	18 (64)	17 (63)	19 (66)	19 (66)	13.5 (56.3)	2 (36)	11.8 (53.2)	2 (36)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	255.3 (10.05)	131.8 (5.19)	99.8 (3.93)	113.7 (4.48)	195.5 (7.70)	385.7 (15.19)	238.8 (9.40)	395.0 (15.55)	525.1 (20.67)	422.6 (16.64)	267.5 (10.53)	205.4 (8.09)	3,236.2 (127.41)
Average rainy days	13.9	9.1	7.5	6.0	9.5	17.9	16.6	19.1	23.1	18.2	14.1	13.2	168.2
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[3][4]