- Capital
- Guatemala City
- Currency
- GTQ
- Guatemalan Quetzal
- Local time
- Central Standard TimeUTC-06:00
- Calling code
- +502
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A and B
Facts
Guatemala in figures
- Capital
- Guatemala City
- Currency
- Guatemalan Quetzal GTQToday's indicative rate: GTQ 1 ≈ USD 0.131Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: SpanishOfficial in part of the country: KʼicheʼSpoken: Spanish
- Time zones
- Central Standard TimeUTC-06:00
- Calling code
- +502
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A and B120 V · 60 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 110police120police123fire128ambulanceAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 18,687,881 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 108,890 km²
- Internet domain
- .gt
- Land borders
- BelizeEl SalvadorHondurasMexico
When to go
Climate across Guatemala
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
On the map
Where Guatemala is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
Cities
Cities in Guatemala
Smaller places with an airport · 3
Airports
Airports in Guatemala
Large airports
Medium airports · 3
Photographs
Guatemala in pictures
Guatemala CityPhoto: BladimiroAlvarado · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Guatemala
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