Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Amatitlán
Amatitlán climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,393 mm208 wet days a year
14.48° N, 90.63° WElevation 1,219 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time
When to goAmatitlán · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low25° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Amatitlán has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 27° and nights 15°. October is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,393 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (451 mm, 29 wet days) and January the driest (6 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 14% in January to 72% in June.
Compared with Guatemala City, the capital, Amatitlán is 0.4° warmer on a March afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · March
- Coldest nights
- 14° · January
- Wettest month
- September
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 14% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 59 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 17 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 | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Average low | 14° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 15° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 6 mm | 12 mm | 19 mm | 72 mm | 276 mm | 479 mm | 377 mm | 349 mm | 451 mm | 279 mm | 59 mm | 14 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.8 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 10.7 | 23.5 | 28 | 26.5 | 29.2 | 29.3 | 27 | 17.3 | 4.8 |
| Cloud cover | 14% | 15% | 18% | 26% | 54% | 72% | 63% | 64% | 69% | 51% | 30% | 18% |
| Daylight | 11h 22 | 11h 41 | 12h 03 | 12h 27 | 12h 48 | 12h 59 | 12h 54 | 12h 37 | 12h 13 | 11h 49 | 11h 28 | 11h 17 |
| Month score | 91 | 85 | 78 | 65 | 53 | 50 | 52 | 51 | 51 | 58 | 67 | 88 |
ivMonth by month
Amatitlán in every month
January91
26° / 14°
6 mm · 2.8 wet days
February85
27° / 15°
12 mm · 3.3 wet days
March78
27° / 15°
19 mm · 5.3 wet days
April65
27° / 16°
72 mm · 10.7 wet days
May53
26° / 17°
276 mm · 23.5 wet days
June50
25° / 17°
479 mm · 28 wet days
July52
25° / 17°
377 mm · 26.5 wet days
August51
25° / 17°
349 mm · 29.2 wet days
September51
25° / 17°
451 mm · 29.3 wet days
October58
25° / 16°
279 mm · 27 wet days
November67
25° / 15°
59 mm · 17.3 wet days
December88
25° / 15°
14 mm · 4.8 wet days