Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz del Quiché weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Santa Cruz del Quiché: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chichicastenango (10 km away). In October its highs average 20.3°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz del Quiché, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Santa Cruz del Quiché ranks 20th of 23 for the warmest October highs and joint 8th of 23 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 23 cities is 24.0°C; Santa Cruz del Quiché is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 183 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Chichicastenango in OctoberGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Totonicapán in OctoberGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in OctoberGuatemala · 45 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 362 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in OctoberGuatemala · 47 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in OctoberGuatemala · 54 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 152 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in OctoberGuatemala · 64 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 152 mm rain
- Mazatenango in OctoberGuatemala · 67 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 541 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in OctoberGuatemala · 78 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 336 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.