Best: Dec-Apr · Apr for Semana Santa (Holy Week)
It stays hot year-round here, but swings between a heavy monsoon centered on June and a markedly drier stretch around February. In December, expect highs around 23°C with rain on roughly 4 days of the month.
Semana Santa (Holy Week) (April) — Antigua's famous Holy Week processions walk over elaborate carpets of colored sawdust and flowers laid fresh each day — one of the most elaborate Easter celebrations in the world. The exact date shifts with Easter and sometimes falls in late March instead.
Antigua's colonial streets and Lake Atitlán's volcano-ringed shores are the highlights, along with Tikal's Mayan ruins further north.
Try pepián, a spiced meat stew considered Guatemala's national dish.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect warm days around 24°/12°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 25°/12°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 27°/13°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 27°/14°C, with occasional rain (~9 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 26°/15°C, with very wet conditions (~18 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 25°/15°C, with very wet conditions (~24 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 24°/14°C, with very wet conditions (~22 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 24°/14°C, with very wet conditions (~20 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 24°/14°C, with very wet conditions (~23 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 24°/14°C, with very wet conditions (~20 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 24°/13°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 23°/12°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).