Climate averages 1991–2020
Coatepeque weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Coatepeque: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 525 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Retalhuleu (27 km away). In October its highs average 27.7°C, 2.0°C warmer than Coatepeque, with 384 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Coatepeque ranks 10th of 23 for the warmest October highs and 22nd of 23 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 23 cities is 24.0°C; Coatepeque is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 525 mm to 223 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Retalhuleu in OctoberGuatemala · 27 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 384 mm rain
- Malacatán in OctoberGuatemala · 31 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in OctoberGuatemala · 40 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 362 mm rain
- Mazatenango in OctoberGuatemala · 43 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 541 mm rain
- Tapachula in OctoberMexico · 48 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 617 mm rain
- Totonicapán in OctoberGuatemala · 59 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in OctoberGuatemala · 81 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in OctoberGuatemala · 85 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 183 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.