Climate averages 1991–2020
Totonicapán weather
in September.
A mild, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Totonicapán: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 264 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quetzaltenango (19 km away). In September its highs average 19.1°C, about as warm as Totonicapán, with 479 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Totonicapán ranks joint 22nd of 23 for the warmest September highs and joint 7th of 23 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 23 cities is 24.7°C; Totonicapán is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 264 mm to 183 mm.
The annual picture
September 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
Totonicapán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 8.9 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| February | 20.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 21.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 23 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 60 | 9.9 | 12.512 h |
| May | 20.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 175 | 19.4 | 12.813 h |
| June | 19.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 281 | 25.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 19.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 153 | 21.1 | 12.913 h |
| August | 19.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 186 | 22.9 | 12.613 h |
| September, selected | 19.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 264 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 18.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 183 | 20.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 18.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 42 | 8.2 | 11.411 h |
| December | 18.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 17 | 3.7 | 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
September in nearby cities
- Quetzaltenango in SeptemberGuatemala · 19 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 479 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in SeptemberGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 264 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in SeptemberGuatemala · 27 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 265 mm rain
- Mazatenango in SeptemberGuatemala · 45 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 542 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in SeptemberGuatemala · 47 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 236 mm rain
- Retalhuleu in SeptemberGuatemala · 54 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 456 mm rain
- Coatepeque in SeptemberGuatemala · 59 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 629 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in SeptemberGuatemala · 64 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 204 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 Totonicapán) is explained once on the Totonicapán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Santa Cruz del Quiché lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.