Climate averages 1991–2020
Quetzaltenango weather
in September.
A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Quetzaltenango: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 479 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Totonicapán (19 km away). In September its highs average 19.1°C, about as warm as Quetzaltenango, with 264 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Quetzaltenango ranks joint 22nd of 23 for the warmest September highs and 21st of 23 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 23 cities is 24.7°C; Quetzaltenango is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 479 mm to 362 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Totonicapán in SeptemberGuatemala · 19 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 264 mm rain
- Mazatenango in SeptemberGuatemala · 35 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 542 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in SeptemberGuatemala · 38 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 456 mm rain
- Coatepeque in SeptemberGuatemala · 40 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 629 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in SeptemberGuatemala · 45 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 264 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in SeptemberGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 265 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in SeptemberGuatemala · 53 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 236 mm rain
- Malacatán in SeptemberGuatemala · 58 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 462 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.