Climate Barillas upper 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Huehuetenango Airport (MGHT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	72.4	80	78	75	65	69
February	86.8	90	88	87	88	82
March	83.5	84	77	79	79	93
April	76.4		77	79	73	79
May	65.6		68	66	70	61
June	66.5		75	59	66	57
July	75.6		65	73	75	77
August	73.4		67	69	76	68
September	64.0		65	50	62	71
October	54.1		44	49	65	51
November	57.7		47	57	61	40
December	72.5		62	73	77	69
Average	71.5	84.6	67.5	67.6	71.2	67.9

6th best VFR conditions of Guatemala

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	97.4	97	99	97	95	99
February	99.2	99	100	99	99	99
March	99.4	100	99	99	99	99
April	96.4		95	98	94	99
May	95.0		96	95	96	94
June	95.6		96	98	93	97
July	97.8		98	99	98	96
August	96.8		99	97	97	95
September	94.5		98	95	90	94
October	94.6		94	92	96	95
November	96.1		96	95	98	93
December	96.1		94	99	97	95
Average	96.7	98.5	96.9	96.7	95.7	96.1

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	24.6	27	25	24	24	25
February	26.5	29	26	25	27	27
March	27.7	31	28	27	27	28
April	28.3		28	29	28	30
May	27.1		28	27	26	27
June	25.4		28	24	25	25
July	25.4		26	25	26	26
August	25.7		27	25	26	26
September	25.1		26	25	25	25
October	24.6		26	24	26	24
November	23.8		24	24	23	23
December	24.0		24	23	25	24
Average	25.9	28.6	26.1	25.1	25.5	25.6

7th highest temperature of Guatemala

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.5	9	7	9	10	9
February	8.7	7	9	9	8	10
March	10.2	13	11	11	10	9
April	10.9		11	12	11	12
May	13.0		13	13	13	14
June	13.8		14	13	14	15
July	12.6		14	13	12	13
August	13.3		14	14	14	14
September	13.5		14	14	13	14
October	13.1		15	14	14	12
November	11.2		13	13	11	12
December	9.0		10	10	9	9
Average	11.4	9.6	12.0	11.8	11.3	11.8

3rd lowest temperature of Guatemala

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.8		2	0	1	0
May	1.9		1	4	2	2
June	3.1		1	5	6	4
July	0.9		2	1	1	1
August	0.9		1	2	0	2
September	3.1		1	6	2	4
October	3.1		3	5	1	3
November	2.1		4	2	1	7
December	0.4		0	1	1	0
Average	1.3	0.2	1.3	2.2	1.3	1.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.7	4	4	3	4	3
February	4.8	5	6	4	4	4
March	4.3	5	3	4	4	5
April	2.9		3	4	3	3
May	1.8		3	2	2	1
June	2.9		4	5	2	2
July	5.4		6	7	5	4
August	4.3		5	5	3	3
September	2.9		4	4	2	2
October	2.2		3	3	1	2
November	2.8		4	5	2	1
December	4.0		5	7	3	2
Average	3.6	4.6	4.1	4.2	2.8	2.5

7th highest wind speed of Guatemala

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	099°	112°	104°	116°	118°
February	162°	106°	110°	109°	111°
March	100°	106°	104°	110°	109°
April		095°	100°	105°	108°
May		081°	118°	171°	123°
June		090°	109°	164°	115°
July		102°	112°	148°	106°
August		093°	112°	119°	114°
September		093°	117°	140°	118°
October		084°	106°	112°	116°
November		099°	115°	133°	227°
December		093°	116°	114°	117°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.