Orange Walk climate — normals and trends
Orange Walk has a tropical savanna climate, averaging 25.8 °C annually with 1,418 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
Orange WalkOrange Walk District
- coords
- 18.08°, -88.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
25.8°C
Average daily high
30.1°C
Average daily low
22.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,418mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
4.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
198 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
225 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.8 °C
Average feels-like low
25.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
310 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
41.1 °C
18 March 2003
Coldest day
9.5 °C
27 December 1989
Wettest day
225 mm
2 October 2000
Windiest day
52.9 km/h
31 October 1961
Strongest gust
125.3 km/h
31 October 1961
Hottest feels-like
45.8 °C
28 April 2015
Coldest feels-like
8.1 °C
2 March 1986
Sunniest day
12.7 h
17 June 1955
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 89 mm | +22 mm |
| Feb | 29.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 59 mm | +20 mm |
| Mar | 31.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 21 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 32.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 45 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 34.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 48 mm | -51 mm |
| Jun | 32.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 221 mm | +14 mm |
| Jul | 32.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 111 mm | -71 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 155 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 31.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 221 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 31.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 186 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 29.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 125 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 28.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 137 mm | +60 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Orange Walk (Belize) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 1,418 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is May (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Orange Walk averages 0 frost days, 198 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 225 rainy days per year.
Orange Walk has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 18 March 2003) and the coldest 9.5 °C (on 27 December 1989).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Orange Walk?
Orange Walk has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 1,418 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Orange Walk?
The hottest day measured in Orange Walk between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2003, reaching 41.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Orange Walk?
The coldest day measured in Orange Walk between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1989, at 9.5 °C.
Does it snow in Orange Walk?
Almost never: Orange Walk sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Orange Walk warmed?
Yes: Orange Walk warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Orange Walk?
The wettest day measured in Orange Walk between 1940 and 2025 was 2 October 2000, with 225 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Orange Walk?
The windiest day measured in Orange Walk between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1961, with winds reaching 52.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Orange Walk?
The warmest month in Orange Walk is May (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Orange Walk?
Orange Walk receives on average 1,418 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 225 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Orange Walk?
Orange Walk gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Orange Walk?
Yes: Orange Walk has on average 310 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Orange Walk?
In Orange Walk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 28 April 2015, and the lowest was 8.1 °C on 2 March 1986.
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