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 Escuintla
Escuintla climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,871 mm208 wet days a year
14.30° N, 90.79° WElevation 349 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time
When to goEscuintla · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low28° / 20°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Escuintla has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 32° and nights 20°. September is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 21°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,871 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (539 mm, 29 wet days) and January the driest (8 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 9% in January to 65% in June.
Compared with Guatemala City, the capital, Escuintla is 4.7° warmer on a March afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · March
- Coldest nights
- 19° · January
- Wettest month
- September
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 9% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 58 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 | 30° | 31° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° |
| Average low | 19° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 8 mm | 18 mm | 30 mm | 102 mm | 352 mm | 523 mm | 380 mm | 406 mm | 539 mm | 408 mm | 85 mm | 20 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 | 9% | 10% | 13% | 21% | 47% | 65% | 57% | 58% | 63% | 47% | 25% | 12% |
| Daylight | 11h 22 | 11h 41 | 12h 03 | 12h 27 | 12h 47 | 12h 58 | 12h 54 | 12h 36 | 12h 13 | 11h 49 | 11h 28 | 11h 17 |
| Month score | 71 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 41 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 69 |
ivMonth by month
Escuintla in every month
January71
30° / 19°
8 mm · 2.8 wet days
February66
31° / 19°
18 mm · 3.3 wet days
March60
32° / 20°
30 mm · 5.3 wet days
April48
31° / 21°
102 mm · 10.7 wet days
May41
30° / 22°
352 mm · 23.5 wet days
June38
29° / 21°
523 mm · 28 wet days
July39
29° / 21°
380 mm · 26.5 wet days
August39
29° / 21°
406 mm · 29.2 wet days
September41
28° / 21°
539 mm · 29.3 wet days
October46
28° / 20°
408 mm · 27 wet days
November51
29° / 20°
85 mm · 17.3 wet days
December69
30° / 19°
20 mm · 4.8 wet days