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When to go to Guatemala City
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When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Guatemala City has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in November to April.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in February to April, November and December.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): May to October.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January and May to September.
- The warmest month is April (30°C) and the coolest November (24°C). The wettest is September (243 mm) and the driest January (5 mm); about 1,333 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, mixed
- FebMild–warm, dry
- MarMild–warm, dry
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovMild–warm, dry
- DecMild–warm, dry
Month by month
Every month in Guatemala City
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26°C | 13°C | 5 mm | 73% | 32% | 5.2 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 28°C | 14°C | 7 mm | 68% | 34% | 5.7 | 24°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 30°C | 15°C | 12 mm | 63% | 38% | 6.1 | 27°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| April | 30°C | 17°C | 41 mm | 66% | 50% | 5.9 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 28°C | 18°C | 163 mm | 76% | 75% | 5.2 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 25°C | 18°C | 225 mm | 84% | 80% | 5.2 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 26°C | 17°C | 172 mm | 83% | 74% | 5.8 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 25°C | 17°C | 223 mm | 85% | 75% | 5.7 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 25°C | 17°C | 243 mm | 87% | 81% | 5.1 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 24°C | 16°C | 191 mm | 87% | 71% | 4.8 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 24°C | 15°C | 43 mm | 83% | 47% | 5 | 29°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| December | 24°C | 13°C | 8 mm | 79% | 34% | 5 | 25°C | Mild to warm and dry |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
The model's grid cell sits about 352 m lower than the town, so real temperatures there run a little cooler than these.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Mixco10 kmGood for going: November to April
- Villa Nueva15 kmGood for going: November to April
- San Salvador178 kmGood for going: November to April
- Soyapango181 kmGood for going: November to April
- Tapachula190 kmGood for going: November to February
- San Pedro Sula284 kmGood for going: December to May
- Belmopan346 kmGood for going: July and December to February
- Tegucigalpa362 kmGood for going: July, August and November to February
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