Climate averages 1991–2020
Panzos weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Panzos: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chiquimula (67 km away). In May its highs average 30.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Panzos, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Panzos ranks 1st of 23 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 23 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 23 cities is 26.3°C; Panzos is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 170 mm to 278 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Chiquimula in MayGuatemala · 67 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Cobán in MayGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 253 mm rain
- Jalapa in MayGuatemala · 93 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in MayGuatemala · 118 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 171 mm rain
- San José Pinula in MayGuatemala · 126 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 227 mm rain
- Jutiapa in MayGuatemala · 127 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in MayGuatemala · 130 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 227 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in MayGuatemala · 132 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 132 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.