Zacapa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Zacapa?

Zacapa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 1,508 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Zacapa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2017, reaching 39.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Zacapa?

The coldest day measured in Zacapa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1956, at 6.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Zacapa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Zacapa warmed?

Yes: Zacapa warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Zacapa?

The wettest day measured in Zacapa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1971, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Zacapa?

The windiest day measured in Zacapa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 20.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Zacapa?

The warmest month in Zacapa is May (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Zacapa?

Zacapa receives on average 1,508 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 229 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Zacapa?

Zacapa gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Zacapa (Guatemala) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 1,508 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Zacapa averages 0 frost days, 71 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 229 rainy days per year.

Zacapa 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 39.8 °C (on 30 April 2017) and the coldest 6.9 °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

ZacapaZacapa

coords: 14.97°, -89.53°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

22.3°C

Average daily high

27.2°C

Average daily low

18.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,508mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

8.7km/h

Seasonal range

5.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

71 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

229 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.3 °C

Average feels-like low

21.1 °C

Average peak gust

31.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

107 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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

39.8 °C

30 April 2017

Coldest day

6.9 °C

15 January 1956

Wettest day

124 mm

21 November 1971

Windiest day

20.1 km/h

16 March 1983

Strongest gust

75.2 km/h

16 March 1983

Hottest feels-like

44.0 °C

30 April 2017

Coldest feels-like

5.2 °C

7 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.3 h

5 June 1955

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.3 °C6 May 2025	12.5 °C18 January 2025	23.7 °C	1,509 mm	125
2024	39.6 °C18 May 2024	11.7 °C23 February 2024	24.5 °C	1,375 mm	184
2023	38.7 °C4 June 2023	11.4 °C16 January 2023	24.2 °C	1,337 mm	175
2022	38.8 °C5 April 2022	13.2 °C31 January 2022	23.5 °C	1,734 mm	122
2021	38.1 °C11 April 2021	11.9 °C4 February 2021	23.7 °C	1,279 mm	163
2020	38.4 °C23 April 2020	12.1 °C23 January 2020	23.8 °C	1,750 mm	165
2019	37.4 °C14 April 2019	13.1 °C29 January 2019	23.7 °C	1,290 mm	181
2018	35.5 °C12 May 2018	11.5 °C11 January 2018	23.0 °C	1,355 mm	114
2017	39.8 °C30 April 2017	12.0 °C11 December 2017	23.3 °C	1,619 mm	141
2016	38.0 °C31 March 2016	10.5 °C25 January 2016	23.4 °C	1,297 mm	136
2015	38.9 °C28 April 2015	12.6 °C17 February 2015	23.2 °C	1,361 mm	80
2014	38.0 °C28 April 2014	10.6 °C17 January 2014	22.9 °C	1,510 mm	85
2013	37.3 °C24 March 2013	11.0 °C4 March 2013	23.2 °C	1,610 mm	102
2012	36.6 °C3 April 2012	10.4 °C25 December 2012	22.8 °C	1,454 mm	91
2011	37.0 °C29 March 2011	11.1 °C8 January 2011	23.2 °C	1,625 mm	149
2010	37.6 °C25 April 2010	8.1 °C16 December 2010	23.0 °C	1,767 mm	125
2009	37.5 °C13 April 2009	11.2 °C23 January 2009	22.9 °C	1,275 mm	92
2008	35.9 °C6 April 2008	12.1 °C14 December 2008	22.5 °C	1,689 mm	106
2007	36.1 °C18 April 2007	10.5 °C21 February 2007	22.6 °C	1,374 mm	95
2006	34.6 °C7 May 2006	11.7 °C23 November 2006	22.4 °C	1,648 mm	66
2005	37.9 °C27 March 2005	9.4 °C24 November 2005	22.9 °C	1,756 mm	116
2004	34.6 °C10 April 2004	10.9 °C20 February 2004	22.2 °C	1,292 mm	64
2003	39.1 °C30 April 2003	10.8 °C20 December 2003	22.7 °C	1,248 mm	112
2002	34.2 °C14 June 2002	9.7 °C10 January 2002	22.4 °C	1,191 mm	66
2001	34.0 °C15 March 2001	9.9 °C24 January 2001	21.8 °C	1,282 mm	46
2000	35.0 °C24 April 2000	10.9 °C28 January 2000	21.8 °C	1,575 mm	37
1999	34.8 °C15 April 1999	7.9 °C29 December 1999	21.9 °C	1,541 mm	54
1998	38.3 °C8 April 1998	10.2 °C4 February 1998	23.3 °C	1,697 mm	114
1997	35.5 °C22 April 1997	10.3 °C16 December 1997	22.8 °C	1,445 mm	57
1996	34.2 °C13 April 1996	8.7 °C13 March 1996	22.1 °C	1,636 mm	52
1995	35.4 °C19 April 1995	12.3 °C1 January 1995	22.8 °C	1,645 mm	84
1994	35.0 °C28 March 1994	12.1 °C7 January 1994	22.4 °C	1,219 mm	61
1993	36.7 °C15 April 1993	10.9 °C10 January 1993	22.5 °C	1,457 mm	83
1992	35.9 °C20 April 1992	13.2 °C7 February 1992	22.3 °C	1,448 mm	65
1991	36.6 °C23 April 1991	11.7 °C13 February 1991	22.4 °C	1,331 mm	73
1990	35.0 °C27 April 1990	13.9 °C10 December 1990	22.1 °C	1,531 mm	38
1989	33.4 °C3 March 1989	8.6 °C27 December 1989	21.9 °C	1,755 mm	39
1988	37.4 °C30 April 1988	11.8 °C28 February 1988	22.6 °C	1,629 mm	94
1987	36.7 °C23 March 1987	10.5 °C6 January 1987	22.4 °C	1,270 mm	72
1986	35.0 °C18 May 1986	9.3 °C29 January 1986	21.9 °C	1,346 mm	61
1985	36.4 °C19 May 1985	10.0 °C28 January 1985	22.0 °C	1,584 mm	41
1984	36.7 °C11 April 1984	10.6 °C25 November 1984	22.1 °C	1,884 mm	56
1983	37.0 °C23 April 1983	12.5 °C14 January 1983	22.9 °C	1,592 mm	101
1982	34.6 °C25 March 1982	13.0 °C18 December 1982	22.5 °C	1,364 mm	77
1981	34.3 °C30 March 1981	8.7 °C1 January 1981	22.2 °C	1,543 mm	58
1980	35.1 °C2 May 1980	11.0 °C30 December 1980	22.3 °C	1,484 mm	70
1979	35.6 °C12 April 1979	12.2 °C22 December 1979	22.4 °C	1,606 mm	59
1978	37.5 °C2 May 1978	8.0 °C7 February 1978	22.4 °C	1,616 mm	71
1977	35.1 °C28 March 1977	10.7 °C20 January 1977	22.1 °C	1,312 mm	49
1976	32.8 °C14 May 1976	10.9 °C19 January 1976	21.5 °C	1,570 mm	32
1975	35.1 °C11 April 1975	10.8 °C23 December 1975	22.1 °C	1,472 mm	78
1974	37.0 °C12 May 1974	13.0 °C1 March 1974	21.9 °C	1,551 mm	56
1973	36.8 °C28 March 1973	10.3 °C19 December 1973	22.4 °C	1,560 mm	67
1972	35.1 °C30 March 1972	12.0 °C20 February 1972	22.2 °C	1,386 mm	52
1971	35.8 °C25 April 1971	11.3 °C15 February 1971	22.0 °C	1,458 mm	52
1970	34.7 °C19 April 1970	10.1 °C5 February 1970	21.9 °C	1,652 mm	57
1969	38.6 °C4 May 1969	12.6 °C22 November 1969	22.4 °C	1,938 mm	63
1968	33.5 °C24 May 1968	11.3 °C10 February 1968	21.5 °C	1,784 mm	26
1967	34.1 °C31 May 1967	11.0 °C14 January 1967	21.6 °C	1,472 mm	36
1966	33.9 °C4 April 1966	11.2 °C28 January 1966	21.5 °C	1,589 mm	28
1965	35.9 °C26 April 1965	11.7 °C18 January 1965	21.9 °C	1,440 mm	57
1964	37.3 °C3 May 1964	11.2 °C1 January 1964	22.2 °C	1,350 mm	58
1963	34.3 °C10 April 1963	9.7 °C26 December 1963	21.8 °C	1,307 mm	55
1962	34.0 °C12 March 1962	11.3 °C17 February 1962	21.4 °C	1,662 mm	37
1961	36.7 °C15 April 1961	13.3 °C27 December 1961	21.5 °C	1,532 mm	44
1960	36.3 °C30 April 1960	7.9 °C1 February 1960	21.5 °C	1,635 mm	57
1959	33.9 °C21 April 1959	11.2 °C30 November 1959	21.4 °C	1,533 mm	36
1958	36.5 °C5 April 1958	10.0 °C12 January 1958	22.0 °C	1,616 mm	59
1957	33.9 °C23 May 1957	10.3 °C12 December 1957	21.5 °C	1,609 mm	56
1956	34.8 °C10 April 1956	6.9 °C15 January 1956	20.8 °C	1,675 mm	18
1955	36.6 °C28 April 1955	11.9 °C21 January 1955	21.6 °C	1,421 mm	58
1954	35.3 °C13 March 1954	10.8 °C22 December 1954	21.4 °C	1,940 mm	30
1953	36.4 °C9 April 1953	9.6 °C14 January 1953	22.2 °C	1,563 mm	65
1952	35.5 °C26 March 1952	10.3 °C6 February 1952	21.9 °C	1,622 mm	63
1951	35.7 °C10 April 1951	8.9 °C12 January 1951	21.8 °C	1,456 mm	47
1950	33.2 °C25 April 1950	10.9 °C28 November 1950	20.9 °C	1,516 mm	25
1949	35.0 °C4 April 1949	11.8 °C19 November 1949	21.4 °C	1,453 mm	37
1948	35.3 °C1 April 1948	12.0 °C15 January 1948	21.6 °C	1,791 mm	25
1947	34.1 °C2 April 1947	10.3 °C17 February 1947	21.9 °C	1,510 mm	35
1946	33.5 °C17 May 1946	12.7 °C12 December 1946	21.5 °C	1,211 mm	47
1945	35.9 °C25 April 1945	7.0 °C7 December 1945	21.6 °C	1,447 mm	43
1944	35.3 °C17 April 1944	11.7 °C14 December 1944	21.4 °C	1,382 mm	46
1943	31.8 °C11 April 1943	9.5 °C22 December 1943	20.7 °C	1,418 mm	5
1942	34.2 °C26 March 1942	11.5 °C27 January 1942	21.4 °C	1,512 mm	31
1941	36.0 °C7 April 1941	8.2 °C13 February 1941	21.3 °C	1,264 mm	41
1940	34.9 °C18 April 1940	11.3 °C25 December 1940	21.7 °C	1,278 mm	55

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

125 d/yr

+54

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1509 mm

+1 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.1 °C	+1.1 °C	51 mm	+12 mm
Feb	27.4 °C	+1.7 °C	50 mm	+19 mm
Mar	31.0 °C	+2.5 °C	24 mm	-9 mm
Apr	30.8 °C	+0.4 °C	32 mm	-17 mm
May	33.8 °C	+3.3 °C	71 mm	-69 mm
Jun	29.9 °C	+1.1 °C	321 mm	+53 mm
Jul	28.9 °C	+1.6 °C	145 mm	-65 mm
Aug	29.8 °C	+2.0 °C	172 mm	-30 mm
Sep	29.9 °C	+1.9 °C	357 mm	+104 mm
Oct	28.5 °C	+2.0 °C	137 mm	-26 mm
Nov	25.5 °C	+0.7 °C	54 mm	-22 mm
Dec	25.4 °C	+1.5 °C	96 mm	+50 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.3 °C

6 May 2025

Coldest day

12.5 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

62.5 mm

23 Sep 2025

Windiest day

13.9 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

53.6 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.2 °C

3 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.6 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

20 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Zacapa?

Zacapa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 1,508 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zacapa?

The hottest day measured in Zacapa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2017, reaching 39.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Zacapa?

The coldest day measured in Zacapa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1956, at 6.9 °C.

Does it snow in Zacapa?

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

Has the climate of Zacapa warmed?

Yes: Zacapa warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Zacapa?

The wettest day measured in Zacapa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1971, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Zacapa?

The windiest day measured in Zacapa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 20.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Zacapa?

The warmest month in Zacapa is May (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Zacapa?

Zacapa receives on average 1,508 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 229 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Zacapa?

Zacapa gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Zacapa?

Yes: Zacapa has on average 107 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zacapa?

In Zacapa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 30 April 2017, and the lowest was 5.2 °C on 7 December 1945.

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