Climate averages 1991–2020

Panzos weather
in March.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.0°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 20.7°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 82 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Panzos: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chiquimula (67 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Panzos, with 9.8 mm of rain.

Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Panzos ranks joint 8th of 23 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 23 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 23 cities is 27.0°C; Panzos is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 85 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Panzos, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Panzos

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 limits

How 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.