Climate averages 1991–2020
Chichicastenango weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Chichicastenango: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz del Quiché (10 km away). In May its highs average 23.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Chichicastenango, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Chichicastenango ranks 21st of 23 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 23 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 23 cities is 26.3°C; Chichicastenango is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 157 mm to 255 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in MayGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 175 mm rain
- Totonicapán in MayGuatemala · 27 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in MayGuatemala · 44 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in MayGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 550 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in MayGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 132 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in MayGuatemala · 57 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 166 mm rain
- Mazatenango in MayGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 437 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in MayGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 248 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.