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Guatemala · 14.56°N 90.73°W · monthly climate normals, judged against the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon)

No month in Antigua Guatemala fits the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon) — it is too cold. The table below shows which holiday types do fit.

The rainy season runs May to October, and June to September is a true monsoon — 200–288 mm7.9–11 in a month, peaking in June at 288 mm11 in. The mean temperature barely moves through the year, 17–19 °C63–66 °F, warmest in April.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 14.56, -90.73 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Antigua Guatemala weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon

No month fits a Tropical holiday here.

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▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
17°62°JAN80.317°63°FEB80.319°65°MAR80.319°66°APR401.619°66°MAY1285.019°65°JUN2881119°65°JUL2088.219°65°AUG2007.918°64°SEP2641018°64°OCT1365.417°63°NOV401.617°62°DEC80.3
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within Antigua Guatemala's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonTropical verdict
January80.31762drytoo cold
February80.31763drytoo cold
March80.31965drytoo cold
April401.61966drytoo cold
May1285.01966rainytoo cold
June288111965monsoontoo cold
July2088.21965monsoontoo cold
August2007.91965monsoontoo cold
September264101864monsoontoo cold
October1365.41864rainytoo cold
November401.61763drytoo cold
December80.31762drytoo cold

When to go to Antigua Guatemala, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersNovember to April
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Antigua Guatemala?

Yes. The rainy season runs May to October, and June to September is a true monsoon — 200–288 mm7.9–11 in a month, peaking in June at 288 mm11 in. Outside it, November to April is dry.

The mean temperature barely moves through the year, 17–19 °C63–66 °F, warmest in April. Annual rainfall totals about 1,336 mm53 in.

Where to go instead when Antigua Guatemala doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Tropical preset in the months Antigua Guatemala doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.