Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 256 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Escuintla (26 km away). In July its highs average 28.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, with 320 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa ranks 8th of 23 for the warmest July highs and 15th of 23 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 23 cities is 25.0°C; Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 256 mm to 294 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Escuintla in JulyGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 320 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in JulyGuatemala · 42 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in JulyGuatemala · 52 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 181 mm rain
- Villa Canales in JulyGuatemala · 55 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Mazatenango in JulyGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 366 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in JulyGuatemala · 59 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in JulyGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in JulyGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 157 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.