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Escuintla weather by month: averages, rainfall & climate trends

Escuintla is warm in every month of the year; the seasonal dip amounts to just 2.0°C. Rainfall leans toward the stretch from May to October. Escuintla weather by month: average temperatures, rainfall, extremes and how the climate has changed since 1940.

Today vs average

+1.3°Chigh near average

30° / 22°Today
29° / 20°Average
see today in detail →

How it's changed

+2.1°Caverage temperature, 2016–2025 vs 1940–1949average temperature vs 1940–49281days above 30°C a year now (2016–2025) · 61 in the 1940sdays above 30°C · 61 in the 1940s+2.1°C vs the 1940s · see how it's changed →
Weather by montha typical year, averaged over the full recordJanuary, rain 14 mmhigh 30°low 19°February, rain 15 mmhigh 31°low 19°March, rain 36 mmhigh 31°low 20°April, rain 98 mmhigh 31°low 21°May, rain 271 mmhigh 30°low 22°June, rain 385 mmhigh 29°low 21°July, rain 354 mmhigh 29°low 21°August, rain 373 mmhigh 29°low 21°September, rain 432 mmhigh 28°low 21°October, rain 410 mmhigh 28°low 21°November, rain 136 mmhigh 29°low 20°December, rain 34 mmhigh 29°low 19°wettest month September, 432 mm · 2,557 mm a yearsee month by month →

Right now

What it's doing today vs the historical average for this date.
Fog

Right now

24.1°

30°feels like
99%humidity
24°dew point
3 km/hfrom E
UV index0.0
sunrise05:56sunset17:37day length11h 42m
SunPartly cloudy30°22°
TodayPartly cloudy31°20°
TueClear31°18°
WedClear30°20°
ThuClear31°19°
FriPartly cloudy32°21°
SatClear33°21°

On this date: October 26

Today (forecast)
30° / 22°
Average for October 26
29° / 20°

High near average · +1.3°C

  • Highest since 1940: 31.2° · 2024
  • Lowest since 1940: 17.0° · 1965
  • One year ago: 31° / 21°

Every October 26 in history, coldest to hottest

▲ Daily highs▼ Daily lows

Dots show daily highs (top) and lows (bottom) for each October 26 on record (n = 87). Outlined dots are today's forecast.

Area we sample

Each city's history comes from one ERA5 grid cell, about 28 km across, shown by the dashed box. Near mountains or coasts, conditions can vary across the cell.

Location & data

Historical weather for Escuintla is sampled from the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at 14.30°N, 90.79°W, with daily records since 1940.

Coordinates
14.30°N, 90.79°W
Time zone
America/Guatemala
Period
1940–2026
Data source
ERA5 (ECMWF)

Last 30 days

31 of the last 31 days were warmer than the historical average for that date. Average difference: +1.5°C.

Each bar is one day, from morning low to afternoon high. Warm-colored bars are days whose mean ran above average; cool bars ran below. The dot inside the bar is the daily mean. The shaded band is the typical 10–90% range expected for that date. Average = the day's mean temperature averaged across every year of record (1940–2026) for that calendar date.

This date over the years

One dot per year, showing the mean temperature on this calendar date. Dots are warmer or cooler than the long-term average (dashed line); the shaded band is the typical 10–90% range, and the highlighted dot is today's forecast. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Weather by month

Average temperatures and rainfall for each month: a typical year, from the full record.

Climate overview

April brings the year's peak warmth, with afternoons typically reaching 30.8°C and nights around 21.2°C. At the other extreme, December brings afternoon highs of about 29.3°C and typical overnight lows of 19.1°C.

The yearly total for Escuintla comes to about 2,557 mm; monthly amounts range from 14 mm in January up to 432 mm in September.

Comparing the record's first decade with its most recent one, Escuintla now averages 2.1°C warmer than it did in the 1940s. The count of days past 30°C has risen from roughly 60 a year to 280 between the record's first and last decades.

Climate graph (climograph)

April is the warmest month, December the coolest: a yearly swing of 2°C. Wettest month: September (~432 mm). Whole year averages ~2,557 mm of rain.

Bars = average monthly rainfall (right axis). Lines = average daily high and low (left axis). Average = each month's value averaged across every year of record (1940–2026).

Monthly wind

Average daily peak wind at 10 m, by month.

Monthly solar energy

Average daily incoming solar energy in megajoules per square metre: the record's own proxy for how sunny the month is.

Escuintla month by month: what to expect

Typical conditions for each month, averaged across the full record (since 1940). Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset. Highest and Lowest are the most extreme values in the ERA5 dataset (modelled since 1940), so they can differ from official weather-station readings.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainDaylightHighestLowest
January29.9°18.9°14 mm11.2 h35.3° (2015)13.3° (1956)
February30.6°19.3°15 mm11.5 h35.2° (2009)14.5° (1989)
March31.0°20.2°36 mm11.9 h36.0° (2012)15.2° (1989)
April30.8°21.2°98 mm12.3 h36.5° (2021)16.6° (1946)
May29.6°21.7°271 mm12.7 h36.3° (1998)17.3° (1955)
June28.8°21.5°385 mm12.8 h33.8° (2019)18.1° (1959)
July29.2°21.0°354 mm12.8 h33.6° (2025)17.6° (1943)
August29.0°21.0°373 mm12.5 h32.6° (2024)17.8° (1979)
September28.5°21.1°432 mm12.1 h32.9° (2023)17.9° (1957)
October28.5°20.7°410 mm11.7 h32.5° (1997)15.2° (2014)
November28.9°19.8°136 mm11.3 h32.5° (2019)15.0° (1950)
December29.3°19.1°34 mm11.2 h33.8° (2008)13.3° (1940)

How it's changed

Year-by-year signals from 1940 to today.

Climate stripes

Annual mean shifted from 1940–1949 to 2016–2025 by +2.1°C.

Each vertical stripe is one year. Color encodes how much that year's annual mean differed from the long-term average. Average = each year's annual mean compared to the average of all years (1940–2026). cooler ← → warmer

Annual mean temperature

Long-term trend: +0.26°C per decade.

One point per year, showing the temperature averaged across the whole year. The dashed line is the least-squares long-term trend. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Seasonal warming

Sep–Nov is warming fastest: +0.27°C per decade.

Each faint line is one three-month period's average per year; the bold dashed line is its long-term trend. Different parts of the year often warm at different rates. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Hot days vs frost days

Days ≥ 30°C per year: 61.0 early in the record → 281.1 recently. Frost days: 0 → 0.

Thin lines are raw yearly counts; thick lines are the smoothed trend that removes year-to-year noise. The hot-day threshold is auto-picked per city so the line actually moves. Average = a centered 5-year rolling average to smooth weather noise.

Yearly hot & cold extremes

Hottest day since 1940 in 2021, coldest in 1956: 36.5°C / 13.3°C.

One point per year: the single hottest and coldest day recorded that year.

Annual rainfall

~2,557 mm/year on average. Last decade: −2% vs that average. Long-term trend: −26 mm per decade.

One bar per year of total rainfall. Dashed line is the long-term average. Average = the average annual rainfall across every year of record (1940–2026).

Day-by-day grid

Each tiny square is one calendar day across the full record, about 30,000 days per city. Use the mode switch above the chart: Anomaly colors each day by how far it ran from the historical average for that date (red = warmer, blue = cooler), Daily mean temp shows the absolute mean temperature for the day (useful to see seasons and heatwaves), and Precipitation shows daily rainfall (useful to spot wet/dry seasons and droughts). Average = the long-term average for that calendar date (1940–2026).

Frequently asked questions about Escuintla

Which is the warmest month in Escuintla?
On long-term average, the warmest month in Escuintla is April (mean daily temperature of about 25.8°C) and the coolest is December (about 23.8°C).
How does today's temperature in Escuintla compare to the historical average?
On October 26, 2026, Escuintla is forecast to reach a high of 29.9°C and a low of 22.2°C. The long-term average for this date (the full record since 1940) is a high of 28.6°C and a low of 20.5°C, so today's high is 1.3°C warmer than that average.
How much has Escuintla warmed since 1940?
Comparing the first decade of the record (1940–1949) with the most recent (2016–2025), the annual mean temperature in Escuintla is about 2.1°C warmer.
How much does it rain in Escuintla?
Escuintla receives about 2,557 mm of precipitation per year on long-term average, with September typically the wettest month.
What is the average temperature in Escuintla?
Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Escuintla is about 24.7°C. The warmest month is April and the coolest is December.
What are the average temperatures in Escuintla by month?
Average daily highs and lows for each month in Escuintla (°C, full record since 1940): January 30°/19°, February 31°/19°, March 31°/20°, April 31°/21°, May 30°/22°, June 29°/21°, July 29°/21°, August 29°/21°, September 28°/21°, October 28°/21°, November 29°/20°, December 29°/19°.

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