Climate averages 1991–2020
Chichicastenango weather
in June.
A mild, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Chichicastenango: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 255 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz del Quiché (10 km away). In June its highs average 21.6°C, about as warm as Chichicastenango, with 281 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Chichicastenango ranks 21st of 23 for the warmest June highs and joint 6th of 23 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 23 cities is 25.0°C; Chichicastenango is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 255 mm to 157 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in JuneGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 281 mm rain
- Totonicapán in JuneGuatemala · 27 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 281 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in JuneGuatemala · 44 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 221 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in JuneGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 452 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in JuneGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 221 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in JuneGuatemala · 57 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 255 mm rain
- Mazatenango in JuneGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 433 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in JuneGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 336 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.