Climate averages 1991–2020
Huehuetenango weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Huehuetenango: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Totonicapán (47 km away). In April its highs average 21.3°C, 4.2°C cooler than Huehuetenango, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Huehuetenango ranks joint 16th of 23 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 23 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 23 cities is 27.5°C; Huehuetenango is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 166 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
Huehuetenango climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 7.0 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| February | 23.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 7.8 | 2.2 | 11.612 h |
| March | 24.7°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 20 | 4.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 54 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| May | 23.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 166 | 17.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 255 | 24.3 | 13.013 h |
| July | 21.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 117 | 18.6 | 12.913 h |
| August | 22.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 157 | 20.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 236 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 171 | 18.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 20.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 36 | 6.3 | 11.411 h |
| December | 20.7°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 15 | 2.7 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Totonicapán in AprilGuatemala · 47 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in AprilGuatemala · 47 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in AprilGuatemala · 53 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 247 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in AprilGuatemala · 57 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Malacatán in AprilGuatemala · 78 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Coatepeque in AprilGuatemala · 81 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 243 mm rain
- Mazatenango in AprilGuatemala · 88 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in AprilGuatemala · 90 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 93 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 Huehuetenango) is explained once on the Huehuetenango year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.