Climate averages 1991–2020
Chichicastenango weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Chichicastenango: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz del Quiché (10 km away). In November its highs average 19.7°C, about as warm as Chichicastenango, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Chichicastenango ranks 20th of 23 for the warmest November highs and 9th of 23 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 23 cities is 23.8°C; Chichicastenango is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in NovemberGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Totonicapán in NovemberGuatemala · 27 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in NovemberGuatemala · 44 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in NovemberGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 117 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in NovemberGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in NovemberGuatemala · 57 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Mazatenango in NovemberGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 207 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in NovemberGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 101 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.