Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Guatemala.

ClimaNote covers 23 cities in Guatemala, starting with Villa Nueva, Cobán and Quetzaltenango. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 19.5°C in Quetzaltenango to 29.4°C in Retalhuleu, and yearly rainfall from 1,075 mm in Jalapa to 4,102 mm in Coatepeque. The hottest city-month is May in Panzos, with an average high of 31.7°C, and the coolest is November in Totonicapán, at 18.5°C. By single month, the most rain falls in September in Coatepeque, with 629 mm, and the least in January in Jutiapa, with 1.6 mm.

April is the warmest month in 13 cities, March in 8 and May in 2; November is the coolest in 9 cities, October in 7 and January in 3 (in 4 other cities two or more months tie). June is the wettest month in 11 cities, September in 10, May in 1 and November in 1; February is the driest in 13 cities, January in 9 and April in 1. Of these cities, 13 have a month with more than 300 mm of rain; none has a month with an average high below 2.0°C or a month with under 1 mm of rain.

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Cities in Guatemala

Yearly averages
Yearly climate averages for cities in Guatemala
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Villa Nueva26°C16°C1,667
Cobán23°C16°C2,993
Quetzaltenango19°C13°C3,088
Jalapa25°C16°C1,075
Escuintla29°C19°C2,478
Villa Canales26°C16°C1,667
Jutiapa28°C18°C1,109
Chichicastenango21°C13°C1,338
San Juan Sacatepéquez23°C13°C1,092
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa28°C19°C2,052
Chiquimula28°C20°C1,094
Coatepeque27°C19°C4,102
Totonicapán20°C12°C1,401
Puerto Barrios28°C23°C2,962
Chimaltenango23°C14°C1,092
Malacatán28°C18°C2,651
Retalhuleu29°C22°C2,519
Santa Catarina Pinula25°C15°C1,667
San José Pinula23°C13°C1,667
Huehuetenango22°C12°C1,241
Santa Cruz del Quiché22°C12°C1,401
Mazatenango29°C20°C3,244
Panzos29°C22°C2,207

Yearly average of the 12 monthly values for 1991–2020. Open a city for every month.