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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Belmopan
Belmopan climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Feb–Apr
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing5°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,777 mm183 wet days a year
17.25° N, 88.76° WElevation 56 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time
When to goBelmopan · weather score
Best timeFeb–Apr
October: high / low31° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Belmopan has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 34° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 19°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 5°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,777 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (197 mm, 21 wet days) and April the driest (42 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 24% in March to 54% in June.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · May
- Coldest nights
- 19° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- March · 24% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 09 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 06 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 28° | 30° | 31° | 33° | 34° | 33° | 32° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 29° | 28° |
| Average low | 19° | 19° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 127 mm | 68 mm | 53 mm | 42 mm | 109 mm | 223 mm | 197 mm | 183 mm | 210 mm | 238 mm | 182 mm | 145 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.5 | 10 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 17 | 21 | 19.5 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 19.5 | 20.7 |
| Cloud cover | 35% | 27% | 24% | 24% | 37% | 54% | 46% | 44% | 53% | 46% | 39% | 36% |
| Daylight | 11h 12 | 11h 35 | 12h 02 | 12h 32 | 12h 56 | 13h 09 | 13h 04 | 12h 43 | 12h 14 | 11h 46 | 11h 20 | 11h 06 |
| Month score | 52 | 58 | 59 | 56 | 42 | 26 | 31 | 30 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 50 |
ivMonth by month
Belmopan in every month
January52
28° / 19°
127 mm · 15.5 wet days
February58
30° / 19°
68 mm · 10 wet days
March59
31° / 20°
53 mm · 6.8 wet days
April56
33° / 22°
42 mm · 4.2 wet days
May42
34° / 23°
109 mm · 7.5 wet days
June26
33° / 24°
223 mm · 17 wet days
July31
32° / 23°
197 mm · 21 wet days
August30
32° / 23°
183 mm · 19.5 wet days
September26
32° / 23°
210 mm · 20.3 wet days
October34
31° / 22°
238 mm · 20.8 wet days
November46
29° / 21°
182 mm · 19.5 wet days
December50
28° / 20°
145 mm · 20.7 wet days