Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Escuintla (26 km away). In January its highs average 30.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, with 9.9 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa ranks 3rd of 23 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 23 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 23 cities is 24.6°C; Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.7 mm to 6.4 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 29.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 7.7 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Escuintla in JanuaryGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 42 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in JanuaryGuatemala · 52 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Villa Canales in JanuaryGuatemala · 55 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Mazatenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 22 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in JanuaryGuatemala · 59 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in JanuaryGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 7.5 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.