Climate averages 1991–2020
Chimaltenango weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Chimaltenango: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Juan Sacatepéquez (20 km away). In March its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Chimaltenango, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Chimaltenango ranks joint 15th of 23 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 23 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 23 cities is 27.0°C; Chimaltenango is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Chimaltenango climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 6.3 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| February | 24.1°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 25.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 15 | 3.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 51 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| May | 24.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 132 | 17.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 22.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 221 | 23.9 | 13.013 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 116 | 17.3 | 12.913 h |
| August | 23.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 136 | 19.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 22.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 204 | 24.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 152 | 19.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 21.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 41 | 7.1 | 11.511 h |
| December | 22.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 13 | 2.8 | 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
March in nearby cities
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in MarchGuatemala · 20 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in MarchGuatemala · 29 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in MarchGuatemala · 36 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Villa Canales in MarchGuatemala · 37 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Escuintla in MarchGuatemala · 40 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in MarchGuatemala · 42 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in MarchGuatemala · 44 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- San José Pinula in MarchGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 22 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 Chimaltenango) is explained once on the Chimaltenango year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
San Juan Sacatepéquez lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.