Climate averages 1991–2020

Quetzaltenango weather
in February.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 20.2°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 11.9°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 39 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a mild month in Quetzaltenango: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Totonicapán (19 km away). In February its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Quetzaltenango, with 8.5 mm of rain.

Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Quetzaltenango ranks 23rd of 23 for the warmest February highs and 19th of 23 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 23 cities is 25.9°C; Quetzaltenango is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 109 mm.

The annual picture

February 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

Quetzaltenango climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Quetzaltenango, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	19.2°C11.6°C	11.6°C	30	9.6	11.411 h
February, selected	20.2°C11.9°C	11.9°C	39	10.4	11.612 h
March	20.4°C12.5°C	12.5°C	109	20.5	12.012 h
April	20.3°C13.1°C	13.1°C	247	26.9	12.512 h
May	19.9°C13.8°C	13.8°C	550	30.4	12.813 h
June	19.3°C14.0°C	14.0°C	452	29.4	13.013 h
July	19.4°C13.7°C	13.7°C	297	28.7	12.913 h
August	19.5°C13.7°C	13.7°C	363	30.1	12.613 h
September	19.1°C13.8°C	13.8°C	479	29.8	12.212 h
October	18.8°C13.6°C	13.6°C	362	29.7	11.812 h
November	18.7°C12.7°C	12.7°C	117	21.2	11.511 h
December	18.9°C12.0°C	12.0°C	42	11.7	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.

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February in nearby cities

Distance from Quetzaltenango

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 Quetzaltenango) is explained once on the Quetzaltenango year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.