Climate averages 1991–2020
Chichicastenango weather
in September.
A mild, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Chichicastenango: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 265 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes September a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz del Quiché (10 km away). In September its highs average 21.2°C, about as warm as Chichicastenango, with 264 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Chichicastenango ranks 21st of 23 for the warmest September highs and 9th of 23 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 23 cities is 24.7°C; Chichicastenango is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 265 mm to 181 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in SeptemberGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 264 mm rain
- Totonicapán in SeptemberGuatemala · 27 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 264 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in SeptemberGuatemala · 44 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 204 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in SeptemberGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 479 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in SeptemberGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 204 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in SeptemberGuatemala · 57 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 236 mm rain
- Mazatenango in SeptemberGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 542 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in SeptemberGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 374 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.