Climate averages 1991–2020
Chiquimula weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Chiquimula: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jalapa (51 km away). In May its highs average 26.2°C, 4.6°C cooler than Chiquimula, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Chiquimula ranks 2nd of 23 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 23 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 23 cities is 26.3°C; Chiquimula is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 215 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
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 | 31.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 25 | 5.4 | 12.512 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Jalapa in MayGuatemala · 51 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Panzos in MayGuatemala · 67 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Jutiapa in MayGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Santa Ana, El Salvador in MayEl Salvador · 90 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 138 mm rain
- San José Pinula in MayGuatemala · 97 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 227 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in MayGuatemala · 106 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 227 mm rain
- Villa Canales in MayGuatemala · 112 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 227 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in MayGuatemala · 116 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 227 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.