Sierra Madre de Chiapas · Escuintla · GuatemalaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Pacaya

Complex volcano · last major eruption 20212,552 m

Elevation2,552 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation18 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul18°average high

14.38° N, 90.60° WElevation 2,552 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Pacaya in brief

Pacaya rises to 2,552 m in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Escuintla, Guatemala.

At the summit, March is the mildest month with average highs of 20°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is San Vicente Pacaya, 5.3 km to the NW at 1,525 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Pacaya by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	19°	19°	20°	20°	19°	18°	18°	18°	17°	17°	17°	18°
Average low	7°	7°	8°	9°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	8°	7°
Precipitation	6 mm	13 mm	20 mm	82 mm	289 mm	480 mm	384 mm	359 mm	463 mm	308 mm	66 mm	15 mm
Cloud cover	12%	13%	15%	25%	54%	74%	66%	67%	72%	55%	31%	16%
Daylight	11h 22	11h 41	12h 03	12h 27	12h 48	12h 58	12h 54	12h 36	12h 13	11h 49	11h 28	11h 17
Month score	98	96	95	77	57	47	52	52	45	52	78	96

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,500 m	4,600 m	4,700 m	4,800 m	4,750 m	4,700 m	4,650 m	4,700 m	4,600 m	4,600 m	4,500 m	4,500 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C