Climate averages 1991–2020
Chiquimula weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Chiquimula: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jalapa (51 km away). In April its highs average 27.6°C, 4.0°C cooler than Chiquimula, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Chiquimula ranks 1st of 23 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 23 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 23 cities is 27.5°C; Chiquimula is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 110 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Chiquimula climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 11 | 4.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 26.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 8.5 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 9.8 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 31.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 25 | 5.4 | 12.512 h |
| May | 30.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 110 | 15.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 29.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 215 | 23.5 | 13.013 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 142 | 20.0 | 12.913 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 158 | 21.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 223 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 138 | 18.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 25.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 38 | 7.9 | 11.511 h |
| December | 25.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 16 | 4.5 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Jalapa in AprilGuatemala · 51 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Panzos in AprilGuatemala · 67 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Jutiapa in AprilGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Santa Ana, El Salvador in AprilEl Salvador · 90 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 31 mm rain
- San José Pinula in AprilGuatemala · 97 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in AprilGuatemala · 106 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Villa Canales in AprilGuatemala · 112 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in AprilGuatemala · 116 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 66 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 Chiquimula) is explained once on the Chiquimula year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.