Climate and average weather in Flores
In Flores, the summers are humid, sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are hot and partly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Flores typically varies from 19°C to 36°C, and is rarely below 16°C or above 41°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while December is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Flores for warm-weather activities are from early January to mid February and mid November to late December.
- Hottest
- Apr
- 36°
- Coldest
- Dec
- 20°
- Wettest
- Sep
- 234 mm
- Driest
- Feb
- 14 mm
- Rain / yr
- 1263 mm
- 166 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.0–13.0 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 121 m
- 16.9°N
- Clearest
- Mar
- 43% cloud
Flores weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to mid February.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Flores, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 2.3 months, from March 24 to May 31, with daily high temperatures above 35°C. The hottest month of the year in Flores is April, with an average high of 36°C and low of 23°C.
The cool season lasts 3.5 months, from October 25 to February 7, with daily high temperatures below 30°C. The coldest month of the year in Flores is December, with an average low of 20°C and high of 28°C.
Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in April.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 29 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
| Avg low (°C) | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29 | 19 |
| Feb | 31 | 20 |
| Mar | 34 | 21 |
| Apr | 36 | 23 |
| May | 36 | 24 |
| Jun | 34 | 24 |
| Jul | 33 | 23 |
| Aug | 33 | 23 |
| Sep | 32 | 23 |
| Oct | 30 | 23 |
| Nov | 29 | 21 |
| Dec | 28 | 20 |
How hot and cold Flores really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Flores feels like about 41°C (around May 4). About 268 days a year carry some heat stress, and 114 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 30 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 30 |
| Air high (°C) | 29 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 19 |
| Air low (°C) | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30 | 29 | 19 | 19 |
| Feb | 32 | 31 | 20 | 20 |
| Mar | 36 | 34 | 21 | 21 |
| Apr | 39 | 36 | 23 | 23 |
| May | 41 | 36 | 24 | 24 |
| Jun | 40 | 34 | 24 | 24 |
| Jul | 38 | 33 | 23 | 23 |
| Aug | 39 | 33 | 23 | 23 |
| Sep | 38 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| Oct | 35 | 30 | 23 | 23 |
| Nov | 31 | 29 | 21 | 21 |
| Dec | 30 | 28 | 19 | 20 |
Average hourly temperature in Flores
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 36°C, and coldest before dawn in December, near 20°C.
Flores weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29° / 19° | 30 | 7.2 | 11.1 | 6.2 |
| Feb | 31° / 20° | 14 | 3.5 | 11.4 | 5.3 |
| Mar | 34° / 21° | 21 | 3.5 | 11.9 | 3.6 |
| Apr | 36° / 23° | 36 | 5.4 | 12.4 | 2.0 |
| May | 36° / 24° | 99 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 1.8 |
| Jun | 34° / 24° | 209 | 22.7 | 13 | 2.2 |
| Jul | 33° / 23° | 141 | 20.4 | 12.9 | 2.5 |
| Aug | 33° / 23° | 187 | 22.7 | 12.6 | 2.3 |
| Sep | 32° / 23° | 234 | 26.2 | 12.1 | 2.4 |
| Oct | 30° / 23° | 170 | 20.7 | 11.6 | 3.5 |
| Nov | 29° / 21° | 79 | 12.9 | 11.2 | 5.1 |
| Dec | 28° / 20° | 44 | 8.5 | 11 | 6.1 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Flores gets about 1263 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 5.8 months, from around May 20 to Nov 12, peaking in September at about 88% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 24.
September is the wettest month by volume, with 234 mm over about 26 wet days; February is the driest, with 14 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 23 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 73 | 66 | 74 | 86 | 68 | 43 | 28 |
| Rain days | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 9 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 7 |
| Feb | 13 | 4 |
| Mar | 11 | 4 |
| Apr | 18 | 5 |
| May | 41 | 12 |
| Jun | 73 | 23 |
| Jul | 66 | 20 |
| Aug | 74 | 23 |
| Sep | 86 | 26 |
| Oct | 68 | 21 |
| Nov | 43 | 13 |
| Dec | 28 | 9 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Flores collects about 1263 mm of rain across 166 wet days — roughly 105 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 234 mm, while February is the driest at just 14 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 50% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 30 | 14 | 21 | 36 | 99 | 209 | 141 | 187 | 234 | 170 | 79 | 44 |
| Rain days | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 9 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30 | 7 |
| Feb | 14 | 4 |
| Mar | 21 | 4 |
| Apr | 36 | 5 |
| May | 99 | 12 |
| Jun | 209 | 23 |
| Jul | 141 | 20 |
| Aug | 187 | 23 |
| Sep | 234 | 26 |
| Oct | 170 | 21 |
| Nov | 79 | 13 |
| Dec | 44 | 9 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Flores, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around November 7 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around May 19. The clearest month is March, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 74% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around May 20 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around November 6. The cloudiest month is September, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 73% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 63 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 52 | 28 | 37 | 35 | 27 | 35 | 52 | 61 |
| Cloudier (%) | 37 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 48 | 72 | 63 | 65 | 73 | 65 | 48 | 39 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 63 | 37 |
| Feb | 71 | 29 |
| Mar | 74 | 26 |
| Apr | 71 | 29 |
| May | 52 | 48 |
| Jun | 28 | 72 |
| Jul | 37 | 63 |
| Aug | 35 | 65 |
| Sep | 27 | 73 |
| Oct | 35 | 65 |
| Nov | 52 | 48 |
| Dec | 61 | 39 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 4, brings about 13 hours of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 hours — a swing of roughly 2 hours.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 11.0 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:36 | 6:31 | 6:13 | 5:48 | 5:32 | 5:30 | 5:38 | 5:46 | 5:51 | 5:56 | 6:09 | 6:26 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:42 | 5:57 | 6:06 | 6:11 | 6:20 | 6:30 | 6:33 | 6:21 | 5:57 | 5:33 | 5:21 | 5:26 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.1 | 6:36 | 5:42 |
| Feb | 11.4 | 6:31 | 5:57 |
| Mar | 11.9 | 6:13 | 6:06 |
| Apr | 12.4 | 5:48 | 6:11 |
| May | 12.8 | 5:32 | 6:20 |
| Jun | 13.0 | 5:30 | 6:30 |
| Jul | 12.9 | 5:38 | 6:33 |
| Aug | 12.6 | 5:46 | 6:21 |
| Sep | 12.1 | 5:51 | 5:57 |
| Oct | 11.6 | 5:56 | 5:33 |
| Nov | 11.2 | 6:09 | 5:21 |
| Dec | 11.0 | 6:26 | 5:26 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Flores averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 16 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.7 months, from around Nov 25 to May 18. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 13 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is September, down near 3 sunny days — about 79% fewer than the February peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| Sky | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | Mixed |
| Feb | 12 | Mixed |
| Mar | 14 | Mixed |
| Apr | 13 | Mixed |
| May | 8 | Mixed |
| Jun | 4 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 5 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 4 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 3 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 5 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 8 | Mixed |
| Dec | 10 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
Flores is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.
The stickiest month is May, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 97% of the time. Even in March, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 7% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comfortable (%) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Humid (%) | 19 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| Muggy (%) | 52 | 62 | 57 | 56 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 42 |
| Oppressive (%) | 22 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 54 | 60 | 75 | 62 | 51 | 59 | 58 | 42 |
| Miserable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 21 | 35 | 48 | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1 | 6 | 19 | 52 | 22 | 0 |
| Feb | 1 | 6 | 20 | 62 | 11 | 0 |
| Mar | 2 | 6 | 23 | 57 | 13 | 0 |
| Apr | 0 | 2 | 14 | 56 | 28 | 1 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 54 | 10 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 60 | 35 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 21 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 35 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 48 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 59 | 30 |
| Nov | 0 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 58 | 6 |
| Dec | 0 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Flores is typically calm, near 7 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 4.8 months, from around Jan 4 to May 29. The windiest month is April, averaging about 8 km/h (calm).
The calmer part of the year runs from around May 30 to Jan 3, with September the calmest month at about 5 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | calm |
| Feb | 7 | calm |
| Mar | 8 | calm |
| Apr | 8 | calm |
| May | 7 | calm |
| Jun | 6 | calm |
| Jul | 6 | calm |
| Aug | 5 | calm |
| Sep | 5 | calm |
| Oct | 6 | calm |
| Nov | 6 | calm |
| Dec | 6 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Flores
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Flores sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.
Flores's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Flores
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Flores throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid February, Flores is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Flores for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid November to mid February, with a peak score in the second week of January.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 6.2 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 6.1 |
| Rating | good | fair | fair | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair | fair | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.2 | good |
| Feb | 5.2 | fair |
| Mar | 3.6 | fair |
| Apr | 2.1 | poor |
| May | 1.8 | poor |
| Jun | 2.2 | poor |
| Jul | 2.5 | poor |
| Aug | 2.3 | poor |
| Sep | 2.4 | poor |
| Oct | 3.5 | fair |
| Nov | 5.1 | fair |
| Dec | 6.1 | good |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Flores for hot-weather activities is from mid November to late March, with a peak score in the second week of February.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Flores, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around April (highs near 36°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around December (highs near 28°C), pack light clothes and rain gear.
In April, Flores sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Flores by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Flores peaks around April 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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) | 8 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| Level | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | Very high |
| Feb | 12 | Extreme |
| Mar | 13 | Extreme |
| Apr | 13 | Extreme |
| May | 9 | Very high |
| Jun | 13 | Extreme |
| Jul | 12 | Extreme |
| Aug | 12 | Extreme |
| Sep | 12 | Extreme |
| Oct | 11 | Extreme |
| Nov | 8 | Very high |
| Dec | 8 | Very high |
Average hourly UV index in Flores
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in April the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 4 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 | 4 | 3.5 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.5 | 4 |
| Feb | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Mar | 8 | 6 |
| Apr | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| May | 8 | 5.5 |
| Jun | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 8 | 6 |
| Aug | 8 | 6 |
| Sep | 8 | 6 |
| Oct | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Nov | 6.5 | 4 |
| Dec | 6.5 | 3.5 |
Air quality in Flores by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Flores is worst in May — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.0× the cleanest month (December, 6 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) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| Level | Good | Good | Good | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Good | Good | Good |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | Good |
| Feb | 8 | Good |
| Mar | 11 | Good |
| Apr | 32 | Moderate |
| May | 34 | Moderate |
| Jun | 26 | Moderate |
| Jul | 27 | Moderate |
| Aug | 19 | Moderate |
| Sep | 14 | Moderate |
| Oct | 10 | Good |
| Nov | 7 | Good |
| Dec | 6 | Good |
Growing season
Flores is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Flores banks about 6,217 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 426 | 428 | 539 | 587 | 620 | 565 | 568 | 569 | 533 | 510 | 442 | 430 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 426 |
| Feb | 428 |
| Mar | 539 |
| Apr | 587 |
| May | 620 |
| Jun | 565 |
| Jul | 568 |
| Aug | 569 |
| Sep | 533 |
| Oct | 510 |
| Nov | 442 |
| Dec | 430 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Flores receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.6 and 6.3 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around Feb 25 to Sep 17. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 3.7 kWh/m² — roughly 41% less than the April peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Level | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.8 | Moderate |
| Feb | 4.6 | Bright |
| Mar | 5.5 | Bright |
| Apr | 6.2 | Intense |
| May | 6.0 | Intense |
| Jun | 5.3 | Bright |
| Jul | 5.6 | Bright |
| Aug | 5.5 | Bright |
| Sep | 5.0 | Bright |
| Oct | 4.3 | Bright |
| Nov | 3.8 | Moderate |
| Dec | 3.7 | Moderate |
Where is Flores?
Flores sits at 16.9°N, 89.9°W, 121 m above sea level, in Guatemala. The nearest listed city is San Benito, 2.0 km away.
What Flores looks like
Topography around Flores
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Flores.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Flores has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m around an average of 133 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 773 m.
The land around Flores is covered by trees (34%), artificial surfaces (29%) and water (27%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and grassland (46%) within 80 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 Flores (16.9226°, -89.8994°, elevation 121 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).