San Felipe climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of San Felipe?

San Felipe has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 3,408 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Felipe?

The hottest day measured in San Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2024, reaching 36.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in San Felipe?

The coldest day measured in San Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1956, at 12.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in San Felipe?

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

Q: Has the climate of San Felipe warmed?

Yes: San Felipe warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in San Felipe?

The wettest day measured in San Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1960, with 272 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in San Felipe?

The windiest day measured in San Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2003, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in San Felipe?

The warmest month in San Felipe is April (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is December (23.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in San Felipe?

San Felipe receives on average 3,408 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 259 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in San Felipe?

San Felipe gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

San Felipe (Guatemala) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 3,408 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 (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is December (23.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

San Felipe averages 0 frost days, 92 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 259 rainy days per year.

San Felipe 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 36.4 °C (on 22 March 2024) and the coldest 12.8 °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

San FelipeRetalhuleu

coords: 14.62°, -91.59°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthAprilColdest monthDecemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

24.3°C

Average daily high

28.8°C

Average daily low

20.8°C

Annual rainfall

3,408mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

8.5km/h

Seasonal range

1.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

92 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

259 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.6 °C

Average feels-like low

23.2 °C

Average peak gust

26.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

278 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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

36.4 °C

22 March 2024

Coldest day

12.8 °C

16 January 1956

Wettest day

272 mm

9 June 1960

Windiest day

21.6 km/h

19 March 2003

Strongest gust

55.1 km/h

18 March 2003

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

7 May 2019

Coldest feels-like

11.2 °C

25 December 1940

Sunniest day

12.5 h

10 July 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.9 °C13 May 2025	18.1 °C18 January 2025	25.6 °C	2,833 mm	215
2024	36.4 °C22 March 2024	17.5 °C8 February 2024	26.1 °C	3,696 mm	277
2023	34.4 °C16 April 2023	17.5 °C19 December 2023	25.8 °C	3,127 mm	264
2022	33.6 °C5 April 2022	17.7 °C20 December 2022	25.2 °C	4,132 mm	176
2021	33.6 °C9 April 2021	17.4 °C15 February 2021	25.3 °C	3,427 mm	195
2020	36.1 °C8 April 2020	18.5 °C20 December 2020	25.6 °C	3,825 mm	222
2019	35.1 °C14 April 2019	18.9 °C11 February 2019	25.7 °C	2,777 mm	262
2018	34.9 °C11 March 2018	16.9 °C12 January 2018	25.3 °C	3,015 mm	218
2017	34.4 °C29 April 2017	17.5 °C25 January 2017	25.3 °C	3,023 mm	202
2016	34.9 °C27 March 2016	17.9 °C23 December 2016	25.6 °C	3,303 mm	193
2015	35.0 °C10 March 2015	18.6 °C29 January 2015	25.8 °C	2,663 mm	240
2014	34.5 °C29 March 2014	17.4 °C27 December 2014	25.4 °C	2,953 mm	210
2013	34.8 °C19 March 2013	17.3 °C23 December 2013	25.3 °C	3,354 mm	184
2012	35.2 °C5 March 2012	16.8 °C10 December 2012	25.1 °C	2,585 mm	159
2011	33.4 °C13 February 2011	16.5 °C10 January 2011	24.9 °C	3,423 mm	151
2010	34.8 °C21 February 2010	16.0 °C18 December 2010	25.1 °C	3,240 mm	159
2009	34.9 °C23 February 2009	15.7 °C25 December 2009	25.2 °C	2,876 mm	175
2008	31.9 °C10 February 2008	17.7 °C3 February 2008	24.5 °C	3,215 mm	105
2007	33.4 °C27 February 2007	16.7 °C23 December 2007	24.8 °C	3,429 mm	120
2006	32.4 °C24 April 2006	16.7 °C11 March 2006	24.7 °C	3,397 mm	92
2005	33.9 °C10 April 2005	17.8 °C14 January 2005	24.8 °C	3,881 mm	123
2004	34.8 °C8 March 2004	17.2 °C27 January 2004	24.6 °C	3,160 mm	92
2003	35.0 °C6 March 2003	15.1 °C10 December 2003	24.9 °C	3,387 mm	147
2002	33.8 °C18 March 2002	16.2 °C11 January 2002	25.0 °C	2,805 mm	132
2001	33.7 °C11 February 2001	17.0 °C30 March 2001	24.4 °C	2,650 mm	74
2000	32.9 °C16 March 2000	16.2 °C1 January 2000	24.4 °C	3,117 mm	76
1999	32.9 °C13 April 1999	15.7 °C4 December 1999	24.2 °C	3,691 mm	87
1998	35.3 °C18 April 1998	15.5 °C8 December 1998	25.3 °C	3,589 mm	161
1997	33.5 °C5 May 1997	18.0 °C2 January 1997	24.8 °C	3,101 mm	96
1996	33.5 °C28 March 1996	15.4 °C16 January 1996	24.3 °C	3,769 mm	59
1995	32.5 °C6 April 1995	17.4 °C26 November 1995	24.2 °C	4,309 mm	50
1994	32.7 °C9 March 1994	17.2 °C6 January 1994	24.4 °C	2,976 mm	78
1993	32.8 °C24 March 1993	15.1 °C10 January 1993	24.4 °C	3,326 mm	89
1992	32.8 °C10 April 1992	16.1 °C6 February 1992	24.3 °C	3,460 mm	73
1991	33.6 °C17 March 1991	16.6 °C27 December 1991	24.3 °C	3,014 mm	80
1990	32.6 °C17 March 1990	16.8 °C23 February 1990	24.2 °C	3,325 mm	60
1989	33.6 °C10 April 1989	15.2 °C1 March 1989	23.9 °C	2,925 mm	56
1988	33.6 °C30 April 1988	17.1 °C19 December 1988	24.3 °C	3,424 mm	99
1987	33.8 °C27 February 1987	15.9 °C28 January 1987	24.7 °C	2,854 mm	101
1986	33.8 °C13 April 1986	16.5 °C15 March 1986	24.0 °C	2,629 mm	56
1985	31.7 °C8 March 1985	15.7 °C17 January 1985	23.8 °C	3,018 mm	42
1984	32.7 °C14 April 1984	16.5 °C16 November 1984	23.8 °C	3,135 mm	52
1983	33.3 °C25 March 1983	15.9 °C17 February 1983	24.5 °C	3,224 mm	118
1982	31.9 °C19 March 1982	16.4 °C6 March 1982	24.3 °C	3,242 mm	56
1981	33.2 °C2 March 1981	16.3 °C26 January 1981	24.0 °C	3,407 mm	45
1980	34.0 °C30 March 1980	16.2 °C19 December 1980	24.3 °C	2,998 mm	95
1979	32.7 °C4 April 1979	16.3 °C8 January 1979	24.2 °C	4,065 mm	57
1978	33.9 °C13 March 1978	16.4 °C13 January 1978	24.2 °C	3,677 mm	86
1977	34.5 °C12 March 1977	16.1 °C3 January 1977	24.2 °C	3,018 mm	64
1976	33.1 °C12 March 1976	16.2 °C4 February 1976	24.0 °C	3,178 mm	56
1975	32.3 °C13 March 1975	15.3 °C11 January 1975	23.8 °C	3,970 mm	62
1974	32.2 °C22 February 1974	16.1 °C17 February 1974	23.7 °C	3,362 mm	38
1973	33.8 °C2 April 1973	15.4 °C20 December 1973	24.2 °C	3,503 mm	93
1972	32.7 °C7 March 1972	15.7 °C18 February 1972	24.1 °C	3,486 mm	44
1971	32.4 °C27 April 1971	16.9 °C18 April 1971	23.5 °C	3,702 mm	30
1970	33.9 °C1 April 1970	15.0 °C17 January 1970	24.1 °C	3,601 mm	82
1969	33.1 °C8 May 1969	13.8 °C21 January 1969	24.1 °C	4,030 mm	68
1968	32.8 °C4 April 1968	15.5 °C22 February 1968	23.5 °C	4,359 mm	23
1967	32.0 °C10 March 1967	15.8 °C18 March 1967	23.7 °C	3,112 mm	32
1966	32.1 °C30 March 1966	16.4 °C30 December 1966	23.6 °C	3,408 mm	21
1965	31.1 °C22 February 1965	15.6 °C2 March 1965	23.5 °C	3,580 mm	23
1964	31.8 °C15 March 1964	15.8 °C11 December 1964	23.5 °C	3,588 mm	44
1963	31.8 °C19 March 1963	16.3 °C8 February 1963	23.6 °C	3,756 mm	29
1962	31.0 °C6 April 1962	16.4 °C9 January 1962	23.3 °C	3,465 mm	17
1961	32.2 °C3 May 1961	16.4 °C22 November 1961	23.5 °C	3,421 mm	43
1960	32.3 °C22 February 1960	14.7 °C5 February 1960	23.5 °C	3,953 mm	56
1959	32.1 °C30 April 1959	17.3 °C30 November 1959	23.5 °C	2,816 mm	34
1958	34.2 °C8 April 1958	16.8 °C13 December 1958	24.0 °C	3,482 mm	78
1957	33.4 °C5 May 1957	16.6 °C16 January 1957	23.6 °C	3,314 mm	43
1956	32.1 °C8 March 1956	12.8 °C16 January 1956	23.0 °C	3,599 mm	29
1955	33.3 °C27 March 1955	16.8 °C29 December 1955	23.3 °C	3,987 mm	68
1954	33.0 °C4 March 1954	16.1 °C10 December 1954	23.4 °C	3,528 mm	36
1953	33.3 °C2 April 1953	16.6 °C15 January 1953	24.0 °C	3,623 mm	71
1952	33.7 °C5 April 1952	16.7 °C13 December 1952	23.8 °C	3,775 mm	62
1951	33.5 °C12 April 1951	15.8 °C12 January 1951	24.0 °C	3,312 mm	53
1950	29.9 °C19 March 1950	16.4 °C3 December 1950	23.0 °C	4,637 mm	0
1949	31.4 °C14 April 1949	14.8 °C19 November 1949	23.3 °C	4,008 mm	19
1948	32.2 °C15 March 1948	16.7 °C24 January 1948	23.5 °C	4,353 mm	23
1947	32.4 °C13 April 1947	17.5 °C20 February 1947	23.5 °C	3,551 mm	52
1946	32.0 °C26 March 1946	16.4 °C7 December 1946	23.4 °C	3,660 mm	28
1945	32.3 °C15 March 1945	14.7 °C9 December 1945	23.3 °C	3,928 mm	28
1944	32.9 °C7 March 1944	17.0 °C21 January 1944	23.6 °C	3,084 mm	47
1943	32.6 °C15 April 1943	14.9 °C21 December 1943	23.1 °C	3,711 mm	11
1942	34.4 °C21 March 1942	16.9 °C4 January 1942	23.5 °C	3,975 mm	47
1941	33.6 °C22 March 1941	15.9 °C17 January 1941	24.0 °C	2,813 mm	104
1940	33.1 °C29 March 1940	13.1 °C25 December 1940	23.7 °C	2,968 mm	56

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.3 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

215 d/yr

+123

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2833 mm

-575 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.0 °C	+2.0 °C	41 mm	+16 mm
Feb	30.8 °C	+0.9 °C	49 mm	+25 mm
Mar	32.0 °C	+1.4 °C	35 mm	-20 mm
Apr	31.5 °C	+1.0 °C	226 mm	+75 mm
May	31.3 °C	+2.0 °C	241 mm	-177 mm
Jun	29.5 °C	+1.3 °C	466 mm	-23 mm
Jul	30.3 °C	+2.0 °C	287 mm	-138 mm
Aug	30.2 °C	+1.9 °C	338 mm	-136 mm
Sep	29.9 °C	+2.1 °C	428 mm	-127 mm
Oct	29.2 °C	+1.6 °C	492 mm	-63 mm
Nov	29.2 °C	+1.4 °C	126 mm	-63 mm
Dec	28.9 °C	+0.7 °C	104 mm	+54 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.9 °C

13 May 2025

Coldest day

18.1 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

52.8 mm

16 Jun 2025

Windiest day

14.3 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

39.2 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

13 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

18.5 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

19 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of San Felipe?

San Felipe has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 3,408 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Felipe?

The hottest day measured in San Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2024, reaching 36.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in San Felipe?

The coldest day measured in San Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1956, at 12.8 °C.

Does it snow in San Felipe?

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

Has the climate of San Felipe warmed?

Yes: San Felipe warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in San Felipe?

The wettest day measured in San Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1960, with 272 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in San Felipe?

The windiest day measured in San Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2003, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in San Felipe?

The warmest month in San Felipe is April (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is December (23.5 °C).

How much does it rain in San Felipe?

San Felipe receives on average 3,408 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 259 rainy days.

Is it sunny in San Felipe?

San Felipe gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in San Felipe?

Yes: San Felipe has on average 278 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in San Felipe?

In San Felipe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 7 May 2019, and the lowest was 11.2 °C on 25 December 1940.

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