Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz del Quiché weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Santa Cruz del Quiché: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chichicastenango (10 km away). In August its highs average 21.2°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz del Quiché, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Santa Cruz del Quiché ranks 20th of 23 for the warmest August highs and joint 7th of 23 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 23 cities is 25.2°C; Santa Cruz del Quiché is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 186 mm to 264 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Santa Cruz del Quiché climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 8.9 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| February | 22.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 23.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 23 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 60 | 9.9 | 12.512 h |
| May | 23.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 175 | 19.4 | 12.813 h |
| June | 21.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 281 | 25.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 153 | 21.1 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 186 | 22.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 21.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 264 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 20.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 183 | 20.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 19.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 11.411 h |
| December | 19.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 17 | 3.7 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Chichicastenango in AugustGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Totonicapán in AugustGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 186 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in AugustGuatemala · 45 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 363 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in AugustGuatemala · 47 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 157 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in AugustGuatemala · 54 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 136 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in AugustGuatemala · 64 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Mazatenango in AugustGuatemala · 67 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 452 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in AugustGuatemala · 78 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 294 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 Santa Cruz del Quiché) is explained once on the Santa Cruz del Quiché year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Totonicapán lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.