Climate averages 1991–2020
Chichicastenango weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Chichicastenango: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz del Quiché (10 km away). In April its highs average 24.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Chichicastenango, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Chichicastenango ranks 21st of 23 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 23 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 23 cities is 27.5°C; Chichicastenango is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 157 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chichicastenango climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 7.5 | 2.6 | 11.311 h |
| February | 22.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 5.4 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
| March | 23.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 15 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 49 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| May | 22.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 157 | 20.4 | 12.813 h |
| June | 21.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 255 | 25.9 | 13.013 h |
| July | 20.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 157 | 22.2 | 12.913 h |
| August | 21.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 189 | 23.8 | 12.613 h |
| September | 20.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 265 | 26.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 20.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 181 | 20.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 19.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 43 | 8.5 | 11.411 h |
| December | 20.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 13 | 3.4 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in AprilGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Totonicapán in AprilGuatemala · 27 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in AprilGuatemala · 44 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in AprilGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 247 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in AprilGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in AprilGuatemala · 57 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Mazatenango in AprilGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in AprilGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 58 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chichicastenango) is explained once on the Chichicastenango year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.