Climate averages 1991–2020
Coatepeque weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Coatepeque: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Retalhuleu (27 km away). In January its highs average 30.0°C, 2.3°C warmer than Coatepeque, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Coatepeque ranks joint 6th of 23 for the warmest January highs and 20th of 23 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 23 cities is 24.6°C; Coatepeque is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Coatepeque climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 49 | 16.4 | 11.411 h |
| February | 28.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 51 | 16.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 110 | 23.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 243 | 26.5 | 12.512 h |
| May | 27.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 607 | 30.4 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 545 | 29.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 26.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 492 | 30.9 | 12.913 h |
| August | 26.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 555 | 30.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 26.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 629 | 29.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 25.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 525 | 30.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 223 | 26.6 | 11.511 h |
| December | 27.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 71 | 19.4 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Retalhuleu in JanuaryGuatemala · 27 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Malacatán in JanuaryGuatemala · 31 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 40 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Mazatenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 43 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Tapachula in JanuaryMexico · 48 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Totonicapán in JanuaryGuatemala · 59 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 81 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in JanuaryGuatemala · 85 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 8.9 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 Coatepeque) is explained once on the Coatepeque year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.