Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Escuintla (26 km away). In February its highs average 31.0°C, 0.5°C warmer than Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, with 9.1 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa ranks 4th of 23 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 23 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 23 cities is 25.9°C; Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.4 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
February 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 Lucía Cotzumalguapa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 7.7 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| February, selected | 30.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 6.4 | 1.9 | 11.712 h |
| March | 30.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 18 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 58 | 12.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 248 | 26.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 336 | 28.5 | 13.013 h |
| July | 27.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 256 | 28.1 | 12.913 h |
| August | 27.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 294 | 29.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 374 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 336 | 27.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 101 | 15.6 | 11.511 h |
| December | 28.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 17 | 4.5 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Escuintla in FebruaryGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in FebruaryGuatemala · 42 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in FebruaryGuatemala · 52 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Villa Canales in FebruaryGuatemala · 55 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Mazatenango in FebruaryGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 17 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in FebruaryGuatemala · 59 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in FebruaryGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in FebruaryGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 5.4 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 Lucía Cotzumalguapa) is explained once on the Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.