Climate averages 1991–2020
Malacatán weather
in June.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Malacatán: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 425 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tapachula (22 km away). In June its highs average 28.4°C, 1.6°C warmer than Malacatán, with 548 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Malacatán ranks 9th of 23 for the warmest June highs and 20th of 23 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 23 cities is 25.0°C; Malacatán is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 425 mm to 325 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Tapachula in JuneMexico · 22 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 548 mm rain
- Coatepeque in JuneGuatemala · 31 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 545 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in JuneGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 452 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in JuneGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 374 mm rain
- Mazatenango in JuneGuatemala · 73 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 433 mm rain
- Totonicapán in JuneGuatemala · 75 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 281 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in JuneGuatemala · 78 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 255 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in JuneGuatemala · 99 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 281 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.