Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 336 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the joint 10th 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 Escuintla (26 km away). In October its highs average 27.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, with 413 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa ranks 8th of 23 for the warmest October highs and 16th of 23 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 23 cities is 24.0°C; Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 336 mm to 101 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 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Escuintla in OctoberGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 413 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in OctoberGuatemala · 42 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 152 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in OctoberGuatemala · 52 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Villa Canales in OctoberGuatemala · 55 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 226 mm rain
- Mazatenango in OctoberGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 541 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in OctoberGuatemala · 59 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 152 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in OctoberGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 226 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in OctoberGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 181 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.