Chisec weather in August

In August, Chisec sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 252 mm of rain across 27.2 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Chisec's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chisec's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 252 mm; 27.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:49 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 8th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Chisec is lungsod.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Chisec reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	20
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3	29	20
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25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20
31	29	20

How August really feels in Chisec

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Chisec weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 16°	178	16.8	11.2	6.0
Feb	25° / 17°	96	11.9	11.5	6.5
Mar	28° / 18°	113	10.4	11.9	6.4
Apr	30° / 19°	120	11.6	12.3	5.0
May	30° / 21°	184	19.2	12.7	3.7
Jun	29° / 21°	346	27.9	12.9	3.0
Jul	29° / 20°	235	27.7	12.8	3.3
Aug	29° / 20°	252	27.2	12.5	3.3
Sep	29° / 21°	352	28.8	12.1	3.1
Oct	27° / 20°	353	26.5	11.6	3.9
Nov	25° / 18°	261	19.9	11.3	5.1
Dec	24° / 17°	175	17.7	11.1	5.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	27	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20
Cloudier (%)	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	73	74	74	75	76	76	76	76	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	20	80

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Chisec gets around 252 mm of rain over 27.2 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 88% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	91	91	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	86
7	86
8	86
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10	86
11	87
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29	91
30	91
31	92

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	55	54	54	54	54	53	53	52	52	51	50	50	49	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	37	36	35	35	34	34	33	33
Oppressive (%)	45	46	46	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	63	64	65	65	66	66	67	67

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	33	67
31	33	67

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:11 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:46	6:29
2	12.7	5:46	6:28
3	12.7	5:46	6:28
4	12.7	5:47	6:27
5	12.7	5:47	6:27
6	12.7	5:47	6:27
7	12.6	5:47	6:26
8	12.6	5:48	6:26
9	12.6	5:48	6:25
10	12.6	5:48	6:25
11	12.6	5:48	6:24
12	12.6	5:48	6:24
13	12.6	5:49	6:23
14	12.6	5:49	6:22
15	12.5	5:49	6:22
16	12.5	5:49	6:21
17	12.5	5:49	6:21
18	12.5	5:50	6:20
19	12.5	5:50	6:19
20	12.5	5:50	6:19
21	12.5	5:50	6:18
22	12.5	5:50	6:17
23	12.4	5:50	6:17
24	12.4	5:51	6:16
25	12.4	5:51	6:15
26	12.4	5:51	6:15
27	12.4	5:51	6:14
28	12.4	5:51	6:13
29	12.4	5:51	6:12
30	12.3	5:51	6:12
31	12.3	5:51	6:11

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.54 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
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30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Chisec?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chisec.

What to pack for Chisec in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Chisec sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Chisec in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chisec peaks around April 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	12	13	13	9	12	12	13	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Chisec in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Chisec is worst in May — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (January, 15 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	16	20	54	71	29	25	21	20	18	15	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	54	Poor
May	71	Unhealthy
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Chisec?

Chisec sits at 15.8°N, 90.3°W, 223 m above sea level, in Guatemala. The nearest listed city is San Pedro Carchá, 37 km away.

Topography around Chisec

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chisec.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chisec has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 250 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 854 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,774 m.

The land around Chisec is covered by trees (57%) and grassland (39%) within 3 km, trees (76%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

177 m

trees 57%

16 km

854 m

trees 76%

80 km

2,774 m

trees 70%

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← July Chisec year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: San Pedro Carchá 37 km · Cobán 39 km · San Cristóbal Verapaz 54 km · Salamá 79 km · Sayaxché 80 km · Panzos 83 km · Rabinal 84 km · Nebaj 102 km

Guatemala travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 43% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,598; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 49%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 23.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 22.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 510
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chisec (15.8131°, -90.289°, elevation 223 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
7	29	20
8	29	20
9	29	20
10	29	20
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18	29	20
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22	29	20
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24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20
31	29	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	86
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	91
30	91
31	92

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
7	29	20
8	29	20
9	29	20
10	29	20
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13	29	20
14	29	20
15	29	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
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21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20
31	29	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	86
7	86
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9	86
10	86
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	91
30	91
31	92

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
7	29	20
8	29	20
9	29	20
10	29	20
11	29	20
12	29	20
13	29	20
14	29	20
15	29	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20
31	29	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	86
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	91
30	91
31	92

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	33	67
31	33	67