Climate averages 1991–2020
Chichicastenango weather
in July.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Chichicastenango: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes July a wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz del Quiché (10 km away). In July its highs average 21.1°C, about as warm as Chichicastenango, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Chichicastenango ranks 21st of 23 for the warmest July highs and 9th of 23 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 23 cities is 25.0°C; Chichicastenango is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 157 mm to 189 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in JulyGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 153 mm rain
- Totonicapán in JulyGuatemala · 27 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 153 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in JulyGuatemala · 44 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in JulyGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 297 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in JulyGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in JulyGuatemala · 57 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Mazatenango in JulyGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 366 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in JulyGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 256 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.