Climate averages 1991–2020
Quetzaltenango weather
in May.
A mild, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Quetzaltenango: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 550 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Totonicapán (19 km away). In May its highs average 20.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Quetzaltenango, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Quetzaltenango ranks 23rd of 23 for the warmest May highs and 22nd of 23 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 23 cities is 26.3°C; Quetzaltenango is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 550 mm to 452 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Totonicapán in MayGuatemala · 19 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Mazatenango in MayGuatemala · 35 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 437 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in MayGuatemala · 38 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 351 mm rain
- Coatepeque in MayGuatemala · 40 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 607 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in MayGuatemala · 45 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 175 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in MayGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in MayGuatemala · 53 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 166 mm rain
- Malacatán in MayGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 318 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.