Climate averages 1991–2020
Cobán weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Cobán: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panzos (79 km away). In April its highs average 31.5°C, 6.6°C warmer than Cobán, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Cobán ranks 18th of 23 for the warmest April highs and 21st of 23 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 23 cities is 27.5°C; Cobán is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 253 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
Cobán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 168 | 17.5 | 11.311 h |
| February | 21.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 95 | 12.9 | 11.612 h |
| March | 23.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 118 | 12.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 138 | 15.3 | 12.512 h |
| May | 24.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 253 | 23.9 | 12.813 h |
| June | 24.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 420 | 28.7 | 13.013 h |
| July | 23.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 284 | 28.5 | 12.913 h |
| August | 23.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 303 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 23.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 417 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 370 | 27.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 20.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 262 | 21.0 | 11.411 h |
| December | 20.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 167 | 18.1 | 11.211 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
- Panzos in AprilGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 85 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in AprilGuatemala · 88 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in AprilGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in AprilGuatemala · 98 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in AprilGuatemala · 101 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Jalapa in AprilGuatemala · 102 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in AprilGuatemala · 102 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 51 mm rain
- San José Pinula in AprilGuatemala · 103 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.5°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 Cobán) is explained once on the Cobán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.