Climate averages 1991–2020
Cobán weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Cobán: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panzos (79 km away). In March its highs average 29.0°C, 5.9°C warmer than Cobán, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Cobán ranks joint 20th of 23 for the warmest March highs and 22nd of 23 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 23 cities is 27.0°C; Cobán is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 118 mm to 138 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Panzos in MarchGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 82 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in MarchGuatemala · 88 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in MarchGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in MarchGuatemala · 98 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in MarchGuatemala · 101 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Jalapa in MarchGuatemala · 102 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in MarchGuatemala · 102 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 15 mm rain
- San José Pinula in MarchGuatemala · 103 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 22 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.