Chinautla climate — normals and trends
Chinautla (Guatemala) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 589 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Chinautla averages 0 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 96 rainy days per year.
Chinautla has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 4 May 2024) and the coldest 4.7 °C (on 9 January 1956).
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
ChinautlaGuatemala
- coords
- 14.70°, -90.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.3°C
Average daily high
26.9°C
Average daily low
15.2°C
Annual rainfall
589mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
3.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
56 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
96 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.2 °C
Average feels-like low
15.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · 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).
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
37.3 °C
4 May 2024
Coldest day
4.7 °C
9 January 1956
Wettest day
110 mm
29 May 2010
Windiest day
26.3 km/h
16 March 1983
Strongest gust
79.6 km/h
16 March 1983
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
4 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
2.5 °C
9 January 1956
Sunniest day
12.4 h
11 July 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 3 mm | +0 mm |
| Feb | 28.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 31.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 30.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 4 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 31.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 29 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 28.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 207 mm | +75 mm |
| Jul | 29.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 33 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 30.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 32 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 126 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 27.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 81 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 27.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 5 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 26.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 14 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chinautla?
Chinautla has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 589 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chinautla?
The hottest day measured in Chinautla between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 2024, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chinautla?
The coldest day measured in Chinautla between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1956, at 4.7 °C.
Does it snow in Chinautla?
Almost never: Chinautla sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Chinautla warmed?
Yes: Chinautla warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chinautla?
The wettest day measured in Chinautla between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 2010, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chinautla?
The windiest day measured in Chinautla between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 26.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chinautla?
The warmest month in Chinautla is May (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Chinautla?
Chinautla receives on average 589 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chinautla?
Chinautla gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Chinautla?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Chinautla.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chinautla?
In Chinautla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 4 May 2024, and the lowest was 2.5 °C on 9 January 1956.
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