Guatemala’s Weather

One of the comments I regularly get about visiting Guatemala is about how hot it must be because it’s located down in Central America. Well… believe it or not, but it is very cool there. Most of Guatemala’s cities are located in a very large mountain range, and we live at about 7000 ft. So the high for almost every day of the year is in the lower 70?s, and the low is typically in the 50?s. For this reason, Guatemala has been called “the land of eternal spring”.

Because Guatemala doesn’t have regular seasons like we’re use to, they call the summer months from June through September winter because that’s when the rainy season is. It’s still located in the northern hemisphere like us, but because the daily rain cools the days down, that’s winter. And when I visit during the 100+ degree summers here in Austin, Guatemala certainly does feels like winter!

Here’s the current weather near the orphanage:

Tuesday, Dec 14
Fair
Currently: 59?F
Feels Like: 59? F
Hi: 65?, Lo: 42?
Fair

Wednesday, Dec 15
Hi: 69?, Lo: 43?
Partly Cloudy

weather feed courtesy of weather.com – thanks!