Guatemala City climate

Name: Guatemala City
Address: GT

Guatemala City is warmest in April, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. June is the wettest month (146 mm) and February the driest (3.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Guatemala City averages 723 mm of rain and 148 days above 25 °C.

Guatemala · population 994,938 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month January 13 °C
Driest month February 4 mm
Wettest month June 146 mm
Least cloud March 37 % cloud
Hottest on record March 33 °C
Coldest on record November 6.5 °C

What to expectGuatemala City through the year

Guatemala City has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 27 °C in April, a swing of 3.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 148 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 146 mm against 4 mm in February — 38 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.0 °C	5 mm	43 %
February	25.7 °C	4 mm	37 %
March	26.8 °C	9 mm	37 %
April	27.2 °C	27 mm	47 %
May	25.8 °C	83 mm	72 %
June	24.1 °C	146 mm	84 %
July	24.3 °C	76 mm	76 %
August	24.7 °C	87 mm	76 %
September	23.9 °C	138 mm	82 %
October	23.2 °C	110 mm	75 %
November	23.0 °C	31 mm	61 %
December	23.6 °C	8 mm	47 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	24.0 °C	12.9 °C	17.7 °C	29.4 °C	6.9 °C	11	0
February	25.7 °C	13.4 °C	18.7 °C	31.2 °C	8.1 °C	18	0
March	26.8 °C	14.2 °C	19.7 °C	32.6 °C	7.4 °C	25	1
April	27.2 °C	15.6 °C	20.7 °C	31.8 °C	8.6 °C	26	2
May	25.8 °C	16.2 °C	20.3 °C	32.4 °C	11.2 °C	20	0
June	24.1 °C	16.0 °C	19.4 °C	27.8 °C	12.8 °C	8	0
July	24.3 °C	15.4 °C	19.3 °C	28.0 °C	12.2 °C	9	0
August	24.7 °C	15.5 °C	19.5 °C	28.5 °C	12.6 °C	12	0
September	23.9 °C	15.6 °C	19.1 °C	27.9 °C	13.3 °C	5	0
October	23.2 °C	15.2 °C	18.6 °C	27.2 °C	7.6 °C	3	0
November	23.0 °C	14.0 °C	17.9 °C	27.4 °C	6.5 °C	3	0
December	23.6 °C	13.3 °C	17.7 °C	28.1 °C	7.2 °C	7	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	1	11 h/day	43 %	69 %	14 km/h
February	4 mm	1	12 h/day	37 %	66 %	15 km/h
March	9 mm	2	12 h/day	37 %	64 %	14 km/h
April	27 mm	5	12 h/day	47 %	67 %	13 km/h
May	83 mm	13	13 h/day	72 %	76 %	11 km/h
June	146 mm	20	13 h/day	84 %	84 %	10 km/h
July	76 mm	13	13 h/day	76 %	79 %	12 km/h
August	87 mm	15	13 h/day	76 %	80 %	12 km/h
September	138 mm	19	12 h/day	82 %	85 %	9.6 km/h
October	110 mm	14	12 h/day	75 %	84 %	10 km/h
November	31 mm	4	11 h/day	61 %	78 %	13 km/h
December	8 mm	2	11 h/day	47 %	73 %	13 km/h

How Guatemala City 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
Guatemala City	27 °C	13 °C	723 mm	148
Mixco · Guatemala	26 °C	12 °C	693 mm	87
Villa Nueva · Guatemala	28 °C	14 °C	1,611 mm	220
Villa Canales · Guatemala	28 °C	15 °C	1,624 mm	270
Escuintla · Guatemala	32 °C	19 °C	2,452 mm	360
Jalapa · Guatemala	27 °C	13 °C	1,124 mm	143
Cobán · Guatemala	25 °C	14 °C	3,096 mm	53

Where Guatemala City ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in North America in February	7thof 50	3.8 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in January	8thof 50	95/100
The driest places in North America in January	9thof 50	4.9 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in December	12thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in North America in February	22ndof 50	93/100
The driest places in North America in December	27thof 50	7.6 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Guatemala City.

QuestionsCommon questions about Guatemala City’s climate

When is the best time to visit Guatemala City?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, May, August 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 Guatemala City get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 3 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 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Guatemala City?

June, averaging 146 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is February with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 723 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 Guatemala City 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
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.