Cobán climate

Name: Cobán
Address: GT

Cobán is warmest in April, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. June is the wettest month (422 mm) and February the driest (107 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cobán averages 3,096 mm of rain and 53 days above 25 °C.

Guatemala · population 212,047 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 25 °C
Coldest month January 14 °C
Driest month February 107 mm
Wettest month June 422 mm
Least cloud March 51 % cloud
Hottest on record April 33 °C
Coldest on record March 6.0 °C

What to expectCobán through the year

Cobán has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 25 °C in April, a swing of 4.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 53 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 422 mm against 107 mm in February — 3.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.9 °C	182 mm	68 %
February	21.4 °C	107 mm	58 %
March	23.1 °C	124 mm	51 %
April	24.8 °C	145 mm	55 %
May	24.6 °C	254 mm	73 %
June	23.9 °C	422 mm	87 %
July	23.2 °C	289 mm	81 %
August	23.6 °C	299 mm	81 %
September	23.5 °C	415 mm	87 %
October	22.1 °C	375 mm	84 %
November	20.5 °C	297 mm	77 %
December	20.1 °C	186 mm	70 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.9 °C	13.5 °C	16.1 °C	28.6 °C	6.3 °C	1	0
February	21.4 °C	13.8 °C	16.9 °C	31.2 °C	6.9 °C	3	0
March	23.1 °C	14.3 °C	18.1 °C	31.9 °C	6.0 °C	8	0
April	24.8 °C	15.8 °C	19.7 °C	33.1 °C	9.1 °C	14	1
May	24.6 °C	16.8 °C	20.1 °C	31.7 °C	11.5 °C	12	0
June	23.9 °C	17.2 °C	19.7 °C	28.7 °C	13.5 °C	6	0
July	23.2 °C	16.6 °C	19.2 °C	27.9 °C	11.8 °C	1	0
August	23.6 °C	16.7 °C	19.4 °C	26.8 °C	13.0 °C	2	0
September	23.5 °C	16.8 °C	19.3 °C	27.8 °C	12.7 °C	3	0
October	22.1 °C	16.2 °C	18.5 °C	28.0 °C	11.1 °C	1	0
November	20.5 °C	14.9 °C	17.1 °C	27.3 °C	6.7 °C	1	0
December	20.1 °C	14.0 °C	16.4 °C	27.3 °C	6.7 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	182 mm	18	11 h/day	68 %	90 %	8.2 km/h
February	107 mm	13	12 h/day	58 %	87 %	8.8 km/h
March	124 mm	13	12 h/day	51 %	84 %	9.3 km/h
April	145 mm	15	12 h/day	55 %	82 %	9.3 km/h
May	254 mm	24	13 h/day	73 %	85 %	8.5 km/h
June	422 mm	29	13 h/day	87 %	91 %	8.3 km/h
July	289 mm	29	13 h/day	81 %	90 %	9.3 km/h
August	299 mm	29	13 h/day	81 %	90 %	8.9 km/h
September	415 mm	29	12 h/day	87 %	92 %	7.8 km/h
October	375 mm	27	12 h/day	84 %	91 %	7.8 km/h
November	297 mm	21	11 h/day	77 %	91 %	8.0 km/h
December	186 mm	18	11 h/day	70 %	90 %	8.0 km/h

How Cobán compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Cobán	25 °C	14 °C	3,096 mm	53
Guatemala City · Guatemala	27 °C	13 °C	723 mm	148
Mixco · Guatemala	26 °C	12 °C	693 mm	87
Jalapa · Guatemala	27 °C	13 °C	1,124 mm	143
Villa Nueva · Guatemala	28 °C	14 °C	1,611 mm	220
Villa Canales · Guatemala	28 °C	15 °C	1,624 mm	270

Where Cobán ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in North America in July	24th of 50	23 °C
The coolest places in North America in August	29th of 50	24 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Cobán.

QuestionsCommon questions about Cobán’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cobán?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, June sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Cobán get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 14 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Cobán?

June, averaging 422 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is February with 107 mm. The year as a whole averages 3,096 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Cobán rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 15.470°, -90.375° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.