Climate averages 1991–2020
Escuintla weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Escuintla: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 413 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (26 km away). In October its highs average 26.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Escuintla, with 336 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Escuintla ranks 4th of 23 for the warmest October highs and 21st of 23 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 23 cities is 24.0°C; Escuintla is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 413 mm to 146 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in OctoberGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 336 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in OctoberGuatemala · 33 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Villa Canales in OctoberGuatemala · 34 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 226 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in OctoberGuatemala · 40 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 152 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in OctoberGuatemala · 43 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 226 mm rain
- San José Pinula in OctoberGuatemala · 49 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 226 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in OctoberGuatemala · 49 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 152 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in OctoberGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 181 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.