Climate of Guatemala City, Guatemala

Cwb

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Cwb — Temperate, dry winter, warm summer.

Guatemala City has a mean annual temperature of 19.5 °C and receives 1269 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is April with a mean temperature of 20.8 °C, while January is the coldest month at 18.0 °C. Most precipitation falls in June (263 mm); the driest month is January (4 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Guatemala City: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue bars, right axis, mm), 1991–2020 0 0 10 20 20 40 30 60 40 80 50 100 60 120 70 140 80 160 90 180 100 200 110 220 120 240 130 260 140 280 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: blue bars show monthly precipitation (right axis, mm), the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January18.03.8
February18.94.2
March19.88.6
April20.837.2
May20.6156.2
June20.1262.5
July20.1185.4
August20.1181.6
September19.8225.5
October19.3155.8
November18.441.3
December18.17.2
Year19.51269.4

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (14.63°, -90.51°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.