Climate averages 1991–2020
Escuintla weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Escuintla: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (26 km away). In April its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Escuintla, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Escuintla ranks 5th of 23 for the warmest April highs and 17th of 23 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 23 cities is 27.5°C; Escuintla is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 299 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Escuintla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 9.9 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 31.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 9.1 | 2.7 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 29 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 30.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 86 | 17.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 299 | 27.8 | 12.813 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 360 | 28.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 28.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 320 | 30.2 | 12.913 h |
| August | 28.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 358 | 30.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 421 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 413 | 28.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 146 | 19.2 | 11.511 h |
| December | 29.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 27 | 7.3 | 11.311 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
April in nearby cities
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in AprilGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in AprilGuatemala · 33 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Villa Canales in AprilGuatemala · 34 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in AprilGuatemala · 40 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in AprilGuatemala · 43 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 66 mm rain
- San José Pinula in AprilGuatemala · 49 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 66 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in AprilGuatemala · 49 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in AprilGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 49 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 Escuintla) is explained once on the Escuintla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.