Climate averages 1991–2020
Cobán weather
in January.
A mild, wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Cobán: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panzos (79 km away). In January its highs average 25.6°C, 5.5°C warmer than Cobán, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Cobán ranks 21st of 23 for the warmest January highs and 22nd of 23 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 23 cities is 24.6°C; Cobán is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 168 mm to 95 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
Cobán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Panzos in JanuaryGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 129 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in JanuaryGuatemala · 88 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in JanuaryGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 98 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in JanuaryGuatemala · 101 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Jalapa in JanuaryGuatemala · 102 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 102 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 6.3 mm rain
- San José Pinula in JanuaryGuatemala · 103 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 5.9 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 Cobán) is explained once on the Cobán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.