Malacatán climate — normals and trends
Malacatán (Guatemala) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 2,691 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Malacatán averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 291 rainy days per year.
Malacatán 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 28.4 °C (on 15 May 1998) and the coldest 5.9 °C (on 15 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
MalacatánSan Marcos
- coords
- 14.91°, -92.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.9°C
Average daily high
22.6°C
Average daily low
14.0°C
Annual rainfall
2,691mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
8.1km/h
Seasonal range
2.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
291 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.2 °C
Average feels-like low
14.0 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.85 · 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
28.4 °C
15 May 1998
Coldest day
5.9 °C
15 January 1956
Wettest day
188 mm
20 September 1974
Windiest day
16.4 km/h
1 December 1957
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
17 June 2024
Hottest feels-like
34.2 °C
18 May 2020
Coldest feels-like
2.9 °C
13 January 1956
Sunniest day
12.6 h
14 July 2019
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 | 24.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 52 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | 23.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 71 mm | +32 mm |
| Mar | 24.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 77 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 23.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 146 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 24.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 258 mm | -42 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 584 mm | +149 mm |
| Jul | 24.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 262 mm | -94 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 371 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 474 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 23.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 271 mm | -41 mm |
| Nov | 23.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 82 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 23.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 82 mm | +34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Malacatán?
Malacatán has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 2,691 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malacatán?
The hottest day measured in Malacatán between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1998, reaching 28.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Malacatán?
The coldest day measured in Malacatán between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1956, at 5.9 °C.
Does it snow in Malacatán?
Almost never: Malacatán sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Malacatán warmed?
Yes: Malacatán warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Malacatán?
The wettest day measured in Malacatán between 1940 and 2025 was 20 September 1974, with 188 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Malacatán?
The windiest day measured in Malacatán between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1957, with winds reaching 16.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Malacatán?
The warmest month in Malacatán is May (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Malacatán?
Malacatán receives on average 2,691 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 291 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Malacatán?
Malacatán gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Malacatán?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Malacatán.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malacatán?
In Malacatán, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.2 °C on 18 May 2020, and the lowest was 2.9 °C on 13 January 1956.
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