Climate averages 1991–2020
Cobán weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Cobán: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 370 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panzos (79 km away). In October its highs average 28.5°C, 6.3°C warmer than Cobán, with 275 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Cobán ranks 15th of 23 for the warmest October highs and 18th of 23 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 23 cities is 24.0°C; Cobán is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 370 mm to 262 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Panzos in OctoberGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 275 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in OctoberGuatemala · 88 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 152 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in OctoberGuatemala · 96 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in OctoberGuatemala · 98 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in OctoberGuatemala · 101 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 226 mm rain
- Jalapa in OctoberGuatemala · 102 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in OctoberGuatemala · 102 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 152 mm rain
- San José Pinula in OctoberGuatemala · 103 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 226 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.