Climate averages 1991–2020
Quetzaltenango weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Quetzaltenango: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Totonicapán (19 km away). In March its highs average 21.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Quetzaltenango, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Quetzaltenango ranks 23rd of 23 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 23 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 23 cities is 27.0°C; Quetzaltenango is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 247 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Quetzaltenango climate table
| 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 | 20.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 39 | 10.4 | 11.612 h |
| March, selected | 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.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Totonicapán in MarchGuatemala · 19 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Mazatenango in MarchGuatemala · 35 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in MarchGuatemala · 38 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Coatepeque in MarchGuatemala · 40 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in MarchGuatemala · 45 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in MarchGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in MarchGuatemala · 53 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Malacatán in MarchGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 66 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 Quetzaltenango) is explained once on the Quetzaltenango year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.