Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 6 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 Escuintla (26 km away). In March its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa ranks 3rd of 23 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 23 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 23 cities is 27.0°C; Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 58 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 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Escuintla in MarchGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in MarchGuatemala · 42 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in MarchGuatemala · 52 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Villa Canales in MarchGuatemala · 55 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Mazatenango in MarchGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 53 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in MarchGuatemala · 59 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in MarchGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in MarchGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 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.