According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Guatemala is December to April. Plan 7–14 days.
Best months for Guatemala
- Best months
- December to April
- How long to stay
- 7–14 days
- Continent
- North & Central America
What Guatemala is best for
Maya ruins at Tikal, colonial Antigua, Lake Atitlán, and hiking active volcanoes like Acatenango.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Guatemala by month
Monthly averages around Guatemala City; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about 19 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| February best | about 21 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| March best | about 22 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| April best | about 23 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| May | about 23 °C | a lot of rain (159 mm) |
| June | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (225 mm) |
| July | about 21 °C | a lot of rain (165 mm) |
| August | about 21 °C | a lot of rain (216 mm) |
| September | about 21 °C | a lot of rain (243 mm) |
| October | about 20 °C | a lot of rain (186 mm) |
| November | about 19 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| December best | about 19 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Guatemala
- Capital
- Guatemala City
- Language
- Spanish
- Currency
- Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ)
- Time
- UTC−6
- Plugs
- Type A, B · 120 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +502
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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