Climate averages 1991–2020
Malacatán weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Malacatán: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tapachula (22 km away). In February its highs average 30.6°C, 1.5°C warmer than Malacatán, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Malacatán ranks joint 5th of 23 for the warmest February highs and 18th of 23 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 23 cities is 25.9°C; Malacatán is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 66 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Tapachula in FebruaryMexico · 22 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Coatepeque in FebruaryGuatemala · 31 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in FebruaryGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in FebruaryGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Mazatenango in FebruaryGuatemala · 73 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Totonicapán in FebruaryGuatemala · 75 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in FebruaryGuatemala · 78 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in FebruaryGuatemala · 99 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 8.5 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.