Santa Cruz del Quiché climate — normals and trends
Santa Cruz del Quiché (Guatemala) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 1,332 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 (16.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Santa Cruz del Quiché averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Santa Cruz del Quiché has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.9 °C (on 4 May 2024) and the coldest 0.4 °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
Santa Cruz del QuichéQuiché
- coords
- 15.03°, -91.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.7°C
Average daily high
20.5°C
Average daily low
10.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,332mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
3.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.7 °C
Average feels-like low
10.0 °C
Average peak gust
32.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 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
29.9 °C
4 May 2024
Coldest day
0.4 °C
9 January 1956
Wettest day
119 mm
3 June 2006
Windiest day
27.8 km/h
16 March 1983
Strongest gust
78.5 km/h
16 March 1983
Hottest feels-like
31.1 °C
10 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
-2.7 °C
9 January 1956
Sunniest day
12.6 h
2 July 1943
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 | 20.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 13 mm | +0 mm |
| Feb | 21.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 22 mm | +8 mm |
| Mar | 25.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 3 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 24.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 37 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 25.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 35 mm | -117 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 368 mm | +103 mm |
| Jul | 21.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 86 mm | -65 mm |
| Aug | 21.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 129 mm | -40 mm |
| Sep | 22.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 284 mm | +28 mm |
| Oct | 21.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 187 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 19.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 32 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 19.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 59 mm | +40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Cruz del Quiché?
Santa Cruz del Quiché has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 1,332 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Cruz del Quiché?
The hottest day measured in Santa Cruz del Quiché between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 2024, reaching 29.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Cruz del Quiché?
The coldest day measured in Santa Cruz del Quiché between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1956, at 0.4 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Cruz del Quiché?
Almost never: Santa Cruz del Quiché sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Cruz del Quiché warmed?
Yes: Santa Cruz del Quiché warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Cruz del Quiché?
The wettest day measured in Santa Cruz del Quiché between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2006, with 119 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Cruz del Quiché?
The windiest day measured in Santa Cruz del Quiché between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 27.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Cruz del Quiché?
The warmest month in Santa Cruz del Quiché is May (16.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Cruz del Quiché?
Santa Cruz del Quiché receives on average 1,332 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Cruz del Quiché?
Santa Cruz del Quiché gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Cruz del Quiché?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Santa Cruz del Quiché.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Cruz del Quiché?
In Santa Cruz del Quiché, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.1 °C on 10 May 2024, and the lowest was -2.7 °C on 9 January 1956.
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