Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz del Quiché weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Santa Cruz del Quiché: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 Chichicastenango (10 km away). In March its highs average 23.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Santa Cruz del Quiché, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Santa Cruz del Quiché ranks 19th of 23 for the warmest March highs and joint 13th of 23 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 23 cities is 27.0°C; Santa Cruz del Quiché is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 60 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Chichicastenango in MarchGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Totonicapán in MarchGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in MarchGuatemala · 45 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in MarchGuatemala · 47 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in MarchGuatemala · 54 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 15 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in MarchGuatemala · 64 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Mazatenango in MarchGuatemala · 67 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in MarchGuatemala · 78 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 18 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.