Climate averages 1991–2020
Malacatán weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Malacatán: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes November a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tapachula (22 km away). In November its highs average 28.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Malacatán, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Malacatán ranks 6th of 23 for the warmest November highs and 15th of 23 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 23 cities is 23.8°C; Malacatán is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Tapachula in NovemberMexico · 22 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 245 mm rain
- Coatepeque in NovemberGuatemala · 31 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 223 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in NovemberGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in NovemberGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Mazatenango in NovemberGuatemala · 73 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 207 mm rain
- Totonicapán in NovemberGuatemala · 75 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in NovemberGuatemala · 78 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in NovemberGuatemala · 99 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.8°C · 42 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.