Climate averages 1991–2020
Escuintla weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Escuintla: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.1 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (26 km away). In February its highs average 30.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Escuintla, with 6.4 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Escuintla ranks 2nd of 23 for the warmest February highs and 15th of 23 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 23 cities is 25.9°C; Escuintla is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.1 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in FebruaryGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in FebruaryGuatemala · 33 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Villa Canales in FebruaryGuatemala · 34 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in FebruaryGuatemala · 40 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in FebruaryGuatemala · 43 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 6.8 mm rain
- San José Pinula in FebruaryGuatemala · 49 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 6.8 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in FebruaryGuatemala · 49 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in FebruaryGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 5.4 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.