Oaxaca · Mexico
Salina Cruz travel guide
Salina Cruz is a city in Oaxaca, Mexico, home to about 77,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- IZT31 km · General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport / Ixtepec Air Base
- Currency
- MXNpeso
- Time zone
- America/Mexico City
- Language
- Nahuatl, Spanish, Yucatec Maya
When to go
The best time to visit Salina Cruz
Salina Cruz has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 35 °C; June is the wettest, with about 225 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Salina Cruz: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport / Ixtepec Air Base (IZT), about 31 km from the city centre in a straight line; Bahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX, 123 km) is also within reach.
IZT · General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport / Ixtepec Air Base
HUX · Bahías de Huatulco International Airport
Questions
Salina Cruz: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Salina Cruz?
Salina Cruz has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 35 °C; June is the wettest, with about 225 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Salina Cruz?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport / Ixtepec Air Base (IZT), about 31 km from the city centre in a straight line; Bahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX, 123 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Salina Cruz?
peso (MXN).
Nearby
Destinations near Salina Cruz
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.