Climate averages 1991–2020
Panzos weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Panzos: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 232 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chiquimula (67 km away). In August its highs average 28.5°C, 1.5°C cooler than Panzos, with 158 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Panzos ranks 1st of 23 for the warmest August highs and 14th of 23 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 23 cities is 25.2°C; Panzos is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 232 mm to 277 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Panzos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 129 | 16.4 | 11.311 h |
| February | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 77 | 13.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 29.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 82 | 12.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 85 | 12.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 31.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 170 | 20.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 278 | 28.0 | 13.013 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 251 | 29.4 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 232 | 28.7 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 277 | 28.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 275 | 25.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 209 | 19.6 | 11.411 h |
| December | 25.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 141 | 18.0 | 11.211 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
August in nearby cities
- Chiquimula in AugustGuatemala · 67 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Cobán in AugustGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 303 mm rain
- Jalapa in AugustGuatemala · 93 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in AugustGuatemala · 118 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 280 mm rain
- San José Pinula in AugustGuatemala · 126 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 227 mm rain
- Jutiapa in AugustGuatemala · 127 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in AugustGuatemala · 130 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 227 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in AugustGuatemala · 132 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 136 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 Panzos) is explained once on the Panzos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.