Climate averages 1991–2020
Cobán weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Cobán: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 303 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panzos (79 km away). In August its highs average 29.9°C, 6.1°C warmer than Cobán, with 232 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Cobán ranks 15th of 23 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 23 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 23 cities is 25.2°C; Cobán is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 303 mm to 417 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Panzos in AugustGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 232 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in AugustGuatemala · 88 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in AugustGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in AugustGuatemala · 98 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in AugustGuatemala · 101 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 227 mm rain
- Jalapa in AugustGuatemala · 102 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in AugustGuatemala · 102 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 136 mm rain
- San José Pinula in AugustGuatemala · 103 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.6°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 Cobán) is explained once on the Cobán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.