Huehuetenango climate — normals and trends
Huehuetenango (Guatemala) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 1,164 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 (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Huehuetenango averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 156 rainy days per year.
Huehuetenango 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 31.2 °C (on 6 May 2024) and the coldest -1.4 °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
HuehuetenangoHuehuetenango
- coords
- 15.32°, -91.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
21.6°C
Average daily low
10.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,164mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
8.6km/h
Seasonal range
3.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
156 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
21.8 °C
Average feels-like low
9.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+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).
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
31.2 °C
6 May 2024
Coldest day
-1.4 °C
9 January 1956
Wettest day
91 mm
29 May 2010
Windiest day
23.2 km/h
16 March 1983
Strongest gust
75.6 km/h
16 March 1983
Hottest feels-like
32.6 °C
10 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
-4.0 °C
9 January 1956
Sunniest day
12.6 h
16 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 6 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 23.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 13 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 26.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 3 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 25.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 44 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 26.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 32 mm | -108 mm |
| Jun | 22.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 301 mm | +64 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 59 mm | -60 mm |
| Aug | 23.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 91 mm | -47 mm |
| Sep | 23.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 298 mm | +70 mm |
| Oct | 22.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 138 mm | -16 mm |
| Nov | 20.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 34 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 20.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 42 mm | +28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Huehuetenango?
Huehuetenango has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 1,164 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Huehuetenango?
The hottest day measured in Huehuetenango between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 2024, reaching 31.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Huehuetenango?
The coldest day measured in Huehuetenango between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1956, at -1.4 °C.
Does it snow in Huehuetenango?
Almost never: Huehuetenango sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Huehuetenango warmed?
Yes: Huehuetenango warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Huehuetenango?
The wettest day measured in Huehuetenango between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 2010, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Huehuetenango?
The windiest day measured in Huehuetenango between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Huehuetenango?
The warmest month in Huehuetenango is April (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Huehuetenango?
Huehuetenango receives on average 1,164 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Huehuetenango?
Huehuetenango gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Huehuetenango?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Huehuetenango.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Huehuetenango?
In Huehuetenango, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.6 °C on 10 May 2024, and the lowest was -4.0 °C on 9 January 1956.
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