Climate averages 1991–2020
Panzos weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Panzos: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chiquimula (67 km away). In January its highs average 25.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Panzos, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Panzos ranks joint 9th of 23 for the warmest January highs and 21st of 23 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 23 cities is 24.6°C; Panzos is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Chiquimula in JanuaryGuatemala · 67 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Cobán in JanuaryGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Jalapa in JanuaryGuatemala · 93 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in JanuaryGuatemala · 118 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 244 mm rain
- San José Pinula in JanuaryGuatemala · 126 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Jutiapa in JanuaryGuatemala · 127 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in JanuaryGuatemala · 130 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 5.9 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in JanuaryGuatemala · 132 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 6.3 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.