Climate averages 1991–2020
Mazatenango weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Mazatenango: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Retalhuleu (19 km away). In March its highs average 31.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Mazatenango, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Mazatenango ranks 4th of 23 for the warmest March highs and 17th of 23 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 23 cities is 27.0°C; Mazatenango is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Mazatenango climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 22 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 30.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 17 | 5.2 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 30.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 53 | 10.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 133 | 17.9 | 12.512 h |
| May | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 437 | 28.5 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 433 | 29.0 | 13.013 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 366 | 30.1 | 12.913 h |
| August | 27.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 452 | 30.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 542 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 541 | 29.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 207 | 22.0 | 11.511 h |
| December | 28.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 41 | 9.9 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Retalhuleu in MarchGuatemala · 19 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in MarchGuatemala · 35 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Coatepeque in MarchGuatemala · 43 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Totonicapán in MarchGuatemala · 45 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in MarchGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in MarchGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in MarchGuatemala · 67 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Malacatán in MarchGuatemala · 73 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 66 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 Mazatenango) is explained once on the Mazatenango year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.