Climate averages 1991–2020
Malacatán weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Malacatán: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 318 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tapachula (22 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, 2.0°C warmer than Malacatán, with 414 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Malacatán ranks 9th of 23 for the warmest May highs and 19th of 23 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 23 cities is 26.3°C; Malacatán is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 318 mm to 425 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tapachula in MayMexico · 22 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 414 mm rain
- Coatepeque in MayGuatemala · 31 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 607 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in MayGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 550 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in MayGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 351 mm rain
- Mazatenango in MayGuatemala · 73 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 437 mm rain
- Totonicapán in MayGuatemala · 75 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in MayGuatemala · 78 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 166 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in MayGuatemala · 99 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 175 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.