Climate averages 1991–2020
Malacatán weather
in August.
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.
August is a warm month in Malacatán: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 381 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tapachula (22 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, 1.6°C warmer than Malacatán, with 571 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Malacatán ranks 9th of 23 for the warmest August highs and 21st of 23 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 23 cities is 25.2°C; Malacatán is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 381 mm to 462 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Malacatán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 10.3 | 11.311 h |
| February | 29.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 31 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 29.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 66 | 18.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 130 | 24.7 | 12.512 h |
| May | 27.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 318 | 30.2 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 425 | 29.5 | 13.013 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 325 | 30.1 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 381 | 30.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 26.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 462 | 29.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 330 | 29.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 110 | 22.1 | 11.411 h |
| December | 27.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 42 | 13.6 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Tapachula in AugustMexico · 22 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 571 mm rain
- Coatepeque in AugustGuatemala · 31 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 555 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in AugustGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 363 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in AugustGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 361 mm rain
- Mazatenango in AugustGuatemala · 73 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 452 mm rain
- Totonicapán in AugustGuatemala · 75 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 186 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in AugustGuatemala · 78 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 157 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in AugustGuatemala · 99 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 186 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 Malacatán) is explained once on the Malacatán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.