El Estor climate — normals and trends
El Estor (Guatemala) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 2,175 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (22.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
El Estor averages 0 frost days, 99 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 268 rainy days per year.
El Estor has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 26 March 2024) and the coldest 13.4 °C (on 16 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
El EstorIzabal Department
- coords
- 15.53°, -89.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.5°C
Average daily high
28.1°C
Average daily low
21.9°C
Annual rainfall
2,175mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
85%
Average peak wind
8.7km/h
Seasonal range
4.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
99 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
268 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.0 °C
Average feels-like low
25.6 °C
Average peak gust
24.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
310 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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
39.3 °C
26 March 2024
Coldest day
13.4 °C
16 January 1956
Wettest day
210 mm
21 November 1971
Windiest day
25.8 km/h
19 September 1974
Strongest gust
77.4 km/h
21 November 1971
Hottest feels-like
45.8 °C
28 April 2015
Coldest feels-like
13.6 °C
16 January 1956
Sunniest day
12.3 h
2 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 211 mm | +88 mm |
| Feb | 27.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 140 mm | +50 mm |
| Mar | 29.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 70 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 30.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 56 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 33.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 68 mm | -100 mm |
| Jun | 30.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 359 mm | +63 mm |
| Jul | 30.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 256 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 31.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 183 mm | -57 mm |
| Sep | 31.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 293 mm | +31 mm |
| Oct | 30.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 181 mm | -47 mm |
| Nov | 26.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 143 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 26.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 209 mm | +81 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Estor?
El Estor has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 2,175 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Estor?
The hottest day measured in El Estor between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2024, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Estor?
The coldest day measured in El Estor between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1956, at 13.4 °C.
Does it snow in El Estor?
Almost never: El Estor sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of El Estor warmed?
Yes: El Estor warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Estor?
The wettest day measured in El Estor between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1971, with 210 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Estor?
The windiest day measured in El Estor between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 1974, with winds reaching 25.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Estor?
The warmest month in El Estor is May (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.0 °C).
How much does it rain in El Estor?
El Estor receives on average 2,175 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 268 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Estor?
El Estor gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in El Estor?
Yes: El Estor has on average 310 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Estor?
In El Estor, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 28 April 2015, and the lowest was 13.6 °C on 16 January 1956.
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