Climate averages 1991–2020

Cobán weather
in July.

A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.4°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 16.8°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 284 mm 29 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Cobán · average highYear overview

July is a warm month in Cobán: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 284 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Panzos (79 km away). In July its highs average 29.4°C, 6.0°C warmer than Cobán, with 251 mm of rain.

Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Cobán ranks 15th of 23 for the warmest July highs and 16th of 23 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 23 cities is 25.0°C; Cobán is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 284 mm to 303 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Cobán, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 20.0°C13.6°C13.6°C16817.511.311 h
February 21.5°C14.0°C14.0°C9512.911.612 h
March 23.2°C14.5°C14.5°C11812.712.012 h
April 25.0°C16.0°C16.0°C13815.312.512 h
May 24.9°C17.0°C17.0°C25323.912.813 h
June 24.1°C17.4°C17.4°C42028.713.013 h
July, selected 23.4°C16.8°C16.8°C28428.512.913 h
August 23.8°C16.9°C16.9°C30328.312.613 h
September 23.7°C17.0°C17.0°C41729.312.212 h
October 22.3°C16.4°C16.4°C37027.011.812 h
November 20.6°C15.0°C15.0°C26221.011.411 h
December 20.2°C14.2°C14.2°C16718.111.211 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Cobán

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 limits

How 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.