Esquipulas climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Esquipulas?

Esquipulas has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 2,042 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Esquipulas between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 2023, reaching 33.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Esquipulas?

The coldest day measured in Esquipulas between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 4.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Esquipulas?

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

Q: Has the climate of Esquipulas warmed?

Yes: Esquipulas warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Esquipulas?

The wettest day measured in Esquipulas between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1969, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Esquipulas?

The windiest day measured in Esquipulas between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2008, with winds reaching 28.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Esquipulas?

The warmest month in Esquipulas is April (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Esquipulas?

Esquipulas receives on average 2,042 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 211 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Esquipulas?

Esquipulas gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Esquipulas (Guatemala) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 2,042 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 (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Esquipulas averages 0 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 211 rainy days per year.

Esquipulas has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 22 April 2023) and the coldest 4.5 °C (on 6 December 1945).

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

EsquipulasChiquimula

coords: 14.57°, -89.35°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

19.8°C

Average daily high

24.9°C

Average daily low

16.2°C

Annual rainfall

2,042mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

11.6km/h

Seasonal range

3.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

8 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

211 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.9 °C

Average feels-like low

17.0 °C

Average peak gust

40.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

33.8 °C

22 April 2023

Coldest day

4.5 °C

6 December 1945

Wettest day

138 mm

4 September 1969

Windiest day

28.5 km/h

28 October 2008

Strongest gust

96.8 km/h

18 November 2020

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

28 April 2015

Coldest feels-like

1.9 °C

6 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.3 h

23 May 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.5 °C22 May 2025	10.8 °C18 January 2025	21.1 °C	2,106 mm	18
2024	33.3 °C4 May 2024	9.8 °C23 February 2024	21.5 °C	1,941 mm	49
2023	33.8 °C22 April 2023	8.6 °C16 January 2023	21.4 °C	1,965 mm	44
2022	32.4 °C7 April 2022	11.6 °C30 January 2022	20.8 °C	2,490 mm	24
2021	32.0 °C28 March 2021	9.9 °C4 February 2021	20.9 °C	1,934 mm	18
2020	33.5 °C27 March 2020	10.2 °C23 January 2020	21.1 °C	2,298 mm	44
2019	32.5 °C14 April 2019	10.6 °C29 January 2019	21.0 °C	2,029 mm	21
2018	32.1 °C10 March 2018	9.7 °C12 January 2018	20.5 °C	1,990 mm	9
2017	32.6 °C27 April 2017	10.1 °C24 January 2017	20.7 °C	2,008 mm	22
2016	32.4 °C2 April 2016	8.9 °C24 January 2016	20.8 °C	1,692 mm	24
2015	33.6 °C28 April 2015	10.9 °C28 January 2015	20.8 °C	1,926 mm	8
2014	31.7 °C5 April 2014	7.9 °C17 January 2014	20.3 °C	2,011 mm	11
2013	32.3 °C18 March 2013	9.0 °C4 March 2013	20.5 °C	2,113 mm	26
2012	31.1 °C12 May 2012	9.1 °C25 December 2012	20.2 °C	1,828 mm	9
2011	30.8 °C5 April 2011	10.0 °C8 January 2011	20.3 °C	2,217 mm	6
2010	33.0 °C28 March 2010	6.9 °C16 December 2010	20.3 °C	2,064 mm	29
2009	33.5 °C4 April 2009	9.8 °C22 January 2009	20.3 °C	1,906 mm	17
2008	31.4 °C13 May 2008	9.0 °C4 January 2008	19.8 °C	2,271 mm	6
2007	31.8 °C23 May 2007	8.9 °C21 February 2007	20.0 °C	1,861 mm	17
2006	30.5 °C21 March 2006	9.0 °C23 November 2006	20.0 °C	2,282 mm	1
2005	31.7 °C23 April 2005	7.4 °C25 November 2005	20.3 °C	2,369 mm	17
2004	30.8 °C12 April 2004	8.8 °C20 February 2004	19.9 °C	1,899 mm	2
2003	32.8 °C6 March 2003	8.8 °C20 December 2003	20.1 °C	1,916 mm	23
2002	30.8 °C2 May 2002	8.6 °C10 January 2002	20.0 °C	1,668 mm	4
2001	30.6 °C12 March 2001	8.9 °C24 January 2001	19.5 °C	1,630 mm	5
2000	29.4 °C11 March 2000	8.8 °C28 January 2000	19.5 °C	1,942 mm	0
1999	30.5 °C14 April 1999	6.8 °C29 December 1999	19.3 °C	2,220 mm	4
1998	33.0 °C6 April 1998	8.6 °C4 February 1998	20.7 °C	2,253 mm	26
1997	31.1 °C14 March 1997	7.6 °C16 December 1997	20.3 °C	1,908 mm	2
1996	30.6 °C31 March 1996	7.5 °C13 March 1996	19.7 °C	2,170 mm	4
1995	31.1 °C1 April 1995	10.5 °C26 February 1995	20.2 °C	2,466 mm	5
1994	30.3 °C6 March 1994	10.3 °C7 January 1994	20.0 °C	1,765 mm	1
1993	30.7 °C12 April 1993	8.7 °C28 January 1993	20.0 °C	2,001 mm	3
1992	32.2 °C23 March 1992	11.0 °C9 February 1992	20.0 °C	2,024 mm	9
1991	32.3 °C16 March 1991	9.4 °C5 March 1991	20.1 °C	1,702 mm	11
1990	31.0 °C3 April 1990	11.3 °C25 February 1990	19.9 °C	1,945 mm	2
1989	30.8 °C1 March 1989	6.3 °C27 December 1989	19.6 °C	2,262 mm	4
1988	30.9 °C3 May 1988	8.9 °C28 January 1988	20.0 °C	2,163 mm	4
1987	31.4 °C25 March 1987	8.0 °C6 January 1987	20.1 °C	1,734 mm	9
1986	32.8 °C13 April 1986	7.7 °C28 January 1986	19.6 °C	1,702 mm	5
1985	29.0 °C21 March 1985	8.7 °C28 January 1985	19.6 °C	2,215 mm	0
1984	30.7 °C11 April 1984	7.9 °C25 November 1984	19.6 °C	2,126 mm	6
1983	30.3 °C17 May 1983	9.8 °C21 March 1983	20.4 °C	2,170 mm	1
1982	31.9 °C28 April 1982	10.7 °C16 January 1982	20.1 °C	1,794 mm	11
1981	30.8 °C31 March 1981	7.4 °C1 January 1981	19.8 °C	2,153 mm	2
1980	32.3 °C28 March 1980	8.0 °C29 December 1980	20.0 °C	1,987 mm	8
1979	31.9 °C12 April 1979	10.4 °C4 January 1979	20.0 °C	2,056 mm	1
1978	31.3 °C10 May 1978	5.6 °C7 February 1978	19.8 °C	1,946 mm	3
1977	30.5 °C25 March 1977	8.6 °C20 January 1977	19.7 °C	1,786 mm	1
1976	29.9 °C31 March 1976	8.0 °C19 January 1976	19.2 °C	2,003 mm	0
1975	30.9 °C11 April 1975	7.8 °C23 December 1975	19.5 °C	2,136 mm	8
1974	29.3 °C3 May 1974	10.4 °C28 February 1974	19.3 °C	1,943 mm	0
1973	32.4 °C1 April 1973	7.9 °C19 December 1973	19.9 °C	2,213 mm	14
1972	30.2 °C31 March 1972	10.0 °C28 December 1972	19.8 °C	1,871 mm	1
1971	30.6 °C25 April 1971	9.4 °C15 February 1971	19.5 °C	1,975 mm	3
1970	31.4 °C26 March 1970	7.4 °C5 February 1970	19.5 °C	1,970 mm	6
1969	31.8 °C9 March 1969	10.7 °C22 November 1969	19.9 °C	2,629 mm	6
1968	30.3 °C5 May 1968	8.2 °C25 March 1968	19.2 °C	2,087 mm	1
1967	28.8 °C29 May 1967	9.2 °C25 December 1967	19.2 °C	1,842 mm	0
1966	30.1 °C4 April 1966	8.9 °C28 January 1966	19.2 °C	2,024 mm	1
1965	30.8 °C12 April 1965	9.1 °C18 January 1965	19.4 °C	2,015 mm	5
1964	31.8 °C26 March 1964	9.4 °C1 January 1964	19.6 °C	1,896 mm	12
1963	29.8 °C5 March 1963	7.3 °C6 February 1963	19.3 °C	1,768 mm	0
1962	29.7 °C12 March 1962	9.1 °C15 February 1962	19.0 °C	1,993 mm	0
1961	31.1 °C15 April 1961	10.8 °C27 December 1961	19.1 °C	1,917 mm	2
1960	30.1 °C28 April 1960	6.9 °C31 January 1960	19.0 °C	2,174 mm	2
1959	29.2 °C25 March 1959	8.8 °C30 November 1959	19.0 °C	2,089 mm	0
1958	31.9 °C6 April 1958	7.7 °C9 January 1958	19.6 °C	2,270 mm	9
1957	29.9 °C5 April 1957	7.8 °C11 December 1957	19.2 °C	1,913 mm	0
1956	30.4 °C18 April 1956	5.7 °C15 January 1956	18.5 °C	2,212 mm	2
1955	32.0 °C26 April 1955	10.3 °C13 February 1955	19.0 °C	2,139 mm	8
1954	29.0 °C13 March 1954	8.9 °C10 February 1954	18.9 °C	2,568 mm	0
1953	31.3 °C19 April 1953	7.8 °C11 January 1953	19.7 °C	2,011 mm	5
1952	31.4 °C15 March 1952	7.8 °C29 February 1952	19.5 °C	2,154 mm	10
1951	30.7 °C8 April 1951	7.8 °C12 January 1951	19.4 °C	1,991 mm	2
1950	28.0 °C19 April 1950	9.6 °C29 November 1950	18.5 °C	2,215 mm	0
1949	30.1 °C23 March 1949	10.9 °C3 January 1949	18.9 °C	2,119 mm	2
1948	29.5 °C1 April 1948	8.9 °C16 January 1948	19.2 °C	2,572 mm	0
1947	28.7 °C15 March 1947	8.4 °C16 February 1947	19.3 °C	2,371 mm	0
1946	31.0 °C30 March 1946	10.9 °C12 December 1946	19.0 °C	1,698 mm	5
1945	29.5 °C25 April 1945	4.5 °C6 December 1945	19.0 °C	2,230 mm	0
1944	30.8 °C18 April 1944	7.9 °C8 January 1944	18.9 °C	1,868 mm	4
1943	28.7 °C13 April 1943	8.4 °C22 December 1943	18.4 °C	2,031 mm	0
1942	29.7 °C20 March 1942	10.3 °C3 March 1942	18.9 °C	1,908 mm	0
1941	31.7 °C20 April 1941	7.3 °C13 February 1941	19.1 °C	1,938 mm	8
1940	29.6 °C22 March 1940	9.8 °C25 December 1940	19.0 °C	1,940 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.3 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

18 d/yr

+10

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2106 mm

+64 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	23.8 °C	+0.8 °C	24 mm	+7 mm
Feb	25.8 °C	+1.2 °C	47 mm	+31 mm
Mar	28.4 °C	+1.9 °C	16 mm	-15 mm
Apr	27.5 °C	+0.2 °C	48 mm	-35 mm
May	29.1 °C	+2.4 °C	128 mm	-115 mm
Jun	26.8 °C	+1.2 °C	526 mm	+145 mm
Jul	26.5 °C	+1.4 °C	172 mm	-121 mm
Aug	26.9 °C	+1.6 °C	260 mm	-41 mm
Sep	27.2 °C	+1.9 °C	465 mm	+92 mm
Oct	25.8 °C	+1.5 °C	285 mm	+70 mm
Nov	23.9 °C	+0.9 °C	33 mm	-28 mm
Dec	23.6 °C	+1.0 °C	102 mm	+75 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.5 °C

22 May 2025

Coldest day

10.8 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

51.5 mm

16 Sep 2025

Windiest day

22.8 km/h

11 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

83.9 km/h

11 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.0 °C

5 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.4 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

27 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Esquipulas?

Esquipulas has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 2,042 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Esquipulas?

The hottest day measured in Esquipulas between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 2023, reaching 33.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Esquipulas?

The coldest day measured in Esquipulas between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 4.5 °C.

Does it snow in Esquipulas?

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

Has the climate of Esquipulas warmed?

Yes: Esquipulas warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Esquipulas?

The wettest day measured in Esquipulas between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1969, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Esquipulas?

The windiest day measured in Esquipulas between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2008, with winds reaching 28.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Esquipulas?

The warmest month in Esquipulas is April (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Esquipulas?

Esquipulas receives on average 2,042 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 211 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Esquipulas?

Esquipulas gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Esquipulas?

Yes: Esquipulas has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Esquipulas?

In Esquipulas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 28 April 2015, and the lowest was 1.9 °C on 6 December 1945.

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