Climate averages 1991–2020
Cobán weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Cobán: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 253 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panzos (79 km away). In May its highs average 31.7°C, 6.8°C warmer than Cobán, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Cobán ranks 15th of 23 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 23 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 23 cities is 26.3°C; Cobán is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 253 mm to 420 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Panzos in MayGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 170 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in MayGuatemala · 88 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 132 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in MayGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 175 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in MayGuatemala · 98 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in MayGuatemala · 101 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 227 mm rain
- Jalapa in MayGuatemala · 102 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in MayGuatemala · 102 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 132 mm rain
- San José Pinula in MayGuatemala · 103 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.1°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.