Barberena climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Barberena?

Barberena has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.2 °C and it receives 1,807 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barberena?

The hottest day measured in Barberena between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1998, reaching 34.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Barberena?

The coldest day measured in Barberena between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1987, at 7.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Barberena?

Almost never: Barberena sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Barberena warmed?

Yes: Barberena warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Barberena?

The wettest day measured in Barberena between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1969, with 295 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Barberena?

The windiest day measured in Barberena between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 2000, with winds reaching 29.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Barberena?

The warmest month in Barberena is April (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Barberena?

Barberena receives on average 1,807 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 193 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Barberena?

Barberena gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Barberena (Guatemala) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.2 °C and it receives 1,807 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 April (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (20.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Barberena averages 0 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 193 rainy days per year.

Barberena has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.1 °C (on 15 May 1998) and the coldest 7.9 °C (on 7 January 1987).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BarberenaSanta Rosa Department

coords: 14.31°, -90.36°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

21.2°C

Average daily high

27.0°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,807mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

9.5km/h

Seasonal range

2.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

24 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

193 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.0 °C

Average feels-like low

17.3 °C

Average peak gust

33.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

2 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

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

Hottest day

34.1 °C

15 May 1998

Coldest day

7.9 °C

7 January 1987

Wettest day

295 mm

4 September 1969

Windiest day

29.7 km/h

15 January 2000

Strongest gust

98.3 km/h

12 February 1955

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

4 April 2016

Coldest feels-like

5.2 °C

9 January 1956

Sunniest day

12.3 h

14 July 2018

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.6 °C20 March 2025	13.7 °C18 January 2025	22.6 °C	1,787 mm	68
2024	33.4 °C20 March 2024	11.9 °C8 February 2024	22.8 °C	2,092 mm	104
2023	33.2 °C19 May 2023	12.3 °C19 December 2023	22.8 °C	1,628 mm	76
2022	32.5 °C20 March 2022	12.9 °C6 January 2022	22.1 °C	2,206 mm	55
2021	33.4 °C31 March 2021	12.1 °C5 February 2021	22.4 °C	1,534 mm	69
2020	33.6 °C19 February 2020	13.1 °C12 December 2020	22.5 °C	2,139 mm	97
2019	33.8 °C16 March 2019	13.6 °C26 December 2019	22.6 °C	1,614 mm	83
2018	33.3 °C12 March 2018	11.5 °C12 January 2018	22.3 °C	1,794 mm	87
2017	33.3 °C6 April 2017	11.3 °C24 January 2017	22.3 °C	1,731 mm	72
2016	33.8 °C4 April 2016	12.2 °C25 January 2016	22.4 °C	1,473 mm	46
2015	32.4 °C4 April 2015	13.7 °C29 January 2015	22.6 °C	1,560 mm	79
2014	32.4 °C19 April 2014	11.2 °C27 October 2014	22.1 °C	1,584 mm	52
2013	32.8 °C29 March 2013	12.0 °C4 March 2013	22.0 °C	1,651 mm	52
2012	32.5 °C8 March 2012	11.4 °C26 December 2012	21.7 °C	1,448 mm	47
2011	32.2 °C8 May 2011	11.5 °C14 April 2011	21.8 °C	2,123 mm	38
2010	33.4 °C23 March 2010	10.2 °C17 December 2010	21.9 °C	2,237 mm	68
2009	32.0 °C6 April 2009	11.7 °C25 December 2009	21.8 °C	1,499 mm	42
2008	31.3 °C26 March 2008	12.1 °C1 February 2008	21.1 °C	2,013 mm	16
2007	31.7 °C25 March 2007	11.6 °C5 December 2007	21.4 °C	1,955 mm	23
2006	31.1 °C26 February 2006	10.3 °C24 November 2006	21.5 °C	2,008 mm	17
2005	32.3 °C7 April 2005	9.7 °C22 January 2005	21.6 °C	2,229 mm	24
2004	31.5 °C13 April 2004	10.8 °C27 January 2004	21.5 °C	1,533 mm	24
2003	32.8 °C8 March 2003	11.4 °C10 December 2003	21.6 °C	1,735 mm	31
2002	32.4 °C5 April 2002	9.2 °C10 January 2002	21.8 °C	1,440 mm	44
2001	31.4 °C13 March 2001	11.9 °C8 January 2001	21.2 °C	1,378 mm	19
2000	31.8 °C8 April 2000	11.7 °C27 March 2000	21.2 °C	1,638 mm	5
1999	31.4 °C19 March 1999	9.4 °C30 December 1999	20.9 °C	2,169 mm	10
1998	34.1 °C15 May 1998	10.7 °C3 February 1998	22.0 °C	2,285 mm	62
1997	32.6 °C15 March 1997	10.9 °C25 December 1997	21.9 °C	1,670 mm	30
1996	31.6 °C29 March 1996	9.2 °C15 January 1996	21.0 °C	2,100 mm	6
1995	31.0 °C2 March 1995	11.5 °C10 February 1995	21.2 °C	2,561 mm	8
1994	31.7 °C18 April 1994	12.5 °C7 March 1994	21.3 °C	1,524 mm	14
1993	31.3 °C17 February 1993	10.5 °C21 December 1993	21.3 °C	1,697 mm	14
1992	32.5 °C12 May 1992	10.4 °C9 February 1992	21.3 °C	1,740 mm	25
1991	31.4 °C26 February 1991	11.2 °C5 March 1991	21.3 °C	1,520 mm	21
1990	31.8 °C10 April 1990	12.2 °C25 January 1990	21.2 °C	1,801 mm	16
1989	30.5 °C19 April 1989	8.9 °C27 December 1989	20.8 °C	2,009 mm	9
1988	33.5 °C6 April 1988	12.2 °C20 January 1988	21.3 °C	1,867 mm	25
1987	31.6 °C11 May 1987	7.9 °C7 January 1987	21.6 °C	1,528 mm	27
1986	31.9 °C7 April 1986	9.6 °C29 January 1986	20.9 °C	1,237 mm	5
1985	30.6 °C25 March 1985	10.9 °C28 January 1985	20.7 °C	1,787 mm	2
1984	29.9 °C30 March 1984	10.8 °C10 November 1984	20.6 °C	1,842 mm	0
1983	32.9 °C9 May 1983	11.5 °C19 March 1983	21.4 °C	1,620 mm	7
1982	31.8 °C1 April 1982	12.6 °C19 December 1982	21.4 °C	1,651 mm	12
1981	31.1 °C1 April 1981	9.7 °C1 January 1981	21.0 °C	2,033 mm	9
1980	30.9 °C16 March 1980	11.3 °C10 December 1980	21.3 °C	1,751 mm	10
1979	31.3 °C15 April 1979	11.5 °C21 December 1979	21.3 °C	1,897 mm	11
1978	33.0 °C14 May 1978	11.0 °C7 February 1978	21.0 °C	1,825 mm	12
1977	30.8 °C15 March 1977	10.1 °C3 January 1977	21.1 °C	1,416 mm	7
1976	30.9 °C12 March 1976	11.3 °C31 January 1976	20.8 °C	1,537 mm	8
1975	31.8 °C16 April 1975	11.1 °C24 December 1975	20.7 °C	1,873 mm	13
1974	31.4 °C25 April 1974	10.1 °C6 November 1974	20.8 °C	1,519 mm	8
1973	32.0 °C19 February 1973	10.7 °C19 December 1973	21.0 °C	2,212 mm	25
1972	32.3 °C6 April 1972	11.2 °C25 March 1972	21.3 °C	1,551 mm	13
1971	31.6 °C16 March 1971	11.9 °C15 February 1971	20.6 °C	1,850 mm	12
1970	32.4 °C4 April 1970	10.4 °C18 January 1970	20.9 °C	1,956 mm	27
1969	31.8 °C9 May 1969	11.7 °C22 January 1969	21.2 °C	2,597 mm	20
1968	30.2 °C2 April 1968	11.1 °C11 February 1968	20.6 °C	2,012 mm	2
1967	29.8 °C2 August 1967	11.2 °C18 March 1967	20.8 °C	1,288 mm	0
1966	30.6 °C5 March 1966	11.6 °C30 November 1966	20.7 °C	1,915 mm	5
1965	30.3 °C6 May 1965	9.6 °C30 January 1965	20.7 °C	1,731 mm	4
1964	30.9 °C7 March 1964	12.0 °C1 January 1964	20.7 °C	1,667 mm	14
1963	30.7 °C4 March 1963	10.0 °C26 December 1963	20.7 °C	1,825 mm	3
1962	30.5 °C25 April 1962	9.9 °C15 February 1962	20.5 °C	1,745 mm	5
1961	32.7 °C19 April 1961	11.8 °C20 November 1961	20.5 °C	1,675 mm	10
1960	31.7 °C28 March 1960	11.2 °C3 December 1960	20.3 °C	2,092 mm	12
1959	30.6 °C13 April 1959	11.2 °C5 December 1959	20.4 °C	1,504 mm	11
1958	32.7 °C8 April 1958	9.9 °C6 February 1958	20.9 °C	1,879 mm	26
1957	31.1 °C7 May 1957	10.7 °C11 December 1957	20.6 °C	1,527 mm	11
1956	31.4 °C31 March 1956	8.3 °C9 January 1956	20.0 °C	1,904 mm	9
1955	31.2 °C12 May 1955	11.8 °C14 January 1955	20.1 °C	1,996 mm	17
1954	30.6 °C21 March 1954	11.5 °C6 December 1954	20.3 °C	2,135 mm	6
1953	31.7 °C20 April 1953	10.1 °C12 January 1953	21.0 °C	1,651 mm	13
1952	31.9 °C6 April 1952	11.6 °C18 December 1952	20.7 °C	1,902 mm	12
1951	30.7 °C28 April 1951	10.0 °C5 February 1951	20.8 °C	1,702 mm	4
1950	30.3 °C21 April 1950	9.7 °C29 November 1950	19.9 °C	2,316 mm	3
1949	30.9 °C19 March 1949	11.2 °C19 November 1949	20.2 °C	2,038 mm	6
1948	31.4 °C2 April 1948	10.4 °C16 January 1948	20.5 °C	2,193 mm	15
1947	31.9 °C27 April 1947	12.1 °C17 February 1947	20.5 °C	1,959 mm	16
1946	32.1 °C31 March 1946	12.2 °C16 December 1946	20.5 °C	1,359 mm	8
1945	29.4 °C19 April 1945	10.4 °C6 December 1945	20.1 °C	2,169 mm	0
1944	30.2 °C16 April 1944	11.0 °C8 January 1944	20.3 °C	1,680 mm	3
1943	32.2 °C14 April 1943	9.2 °C22 December 1943	20.1 °C	1,890 mm	3
1942	31.4 °C30 March 1942	11.3 °C27 January 1942	20.4 °C	1,991 mm	14
1941	32.5 °C26 April 1941	10.3 °C15 January 1941	20.8 °C	1,387 mm	33
1940	30.0 °C31 March 1940	9.4 °C25 December 1940	20.4 °C	1,619 mm	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.5 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

68 d/yr

+44

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1787 mm

-20 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.3 °C	+1.9 °C	3 mm	-1 mm
Feb	29.8 °C	+1.7 °C	12 mm	+7 mm
Mar	30.2 °C	+1.4 °C	12 mm	-5 mm
Apr	30.1 °C	+1.3 °C	35 mm	-24 mm
May	28.6 °C	+1.4 °C	134 mm	-86 mm
Jun	27.1 °C	+1.1 °C	496 mm	+166 mm
Jul	28.9 °C	+2.1 °C	103 mm	-105 mm
Aug	28.2 °C	+1.6 °C	183 mm	-75 mm
Sep	27.3 °C	+1.6 °C	362 mm	-13 mm
Oct	27.0 °C	+1.2 °C	390 mm	+125 mm
Nov	27.8 °C	+1.5 °C	22 mm	-33 mm
Dec	28.2 °C	+1.3 °C	35 mm	+25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.6 °C

20 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.7 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

44.3 mm

9 Oct 2025

Windiest day

22.8 km/h

22 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

69.8 km/h

22 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.0 °C

25 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.1 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

18 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Barberena?

Barberena has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.2 °C and it receives 1,807 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barberena?

The hottest day measured in Barberena between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1998, reaching 34.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Barberena?

The coldest day measured in Barberena between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1987, at 7.9 °C.

Does it snow in Barberena?

Almost never: Barberena sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Barberena warmed?

Yes: Barberena warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Barberena?

The wettest day measured in Barberena between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1969, with 295 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Barberena?

The windiest day measured in Barberena between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 2000, with winds reaching 29.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Barberena?

The warmest month in Barberena is April (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Barberena?

Barberena receives on average 1,807 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 193 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Barberena?

Barberena gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Barberena?

Yes: Barberena has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barberena?

In Barberena, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 4 April 2016, and the lowest was 5.2 °C on 9 January 1956.

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