Momostenango weather in July

In July, Momostenango sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 203 mm of rain across 25.7 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of July to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Momostenango's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Momostenango's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 203 mm; 25.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:47 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 9th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Momostenango reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

	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)	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 low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	12
2	20	12
3	20	12
4	20	12
5	20	12
6	20	12
7	20	12
8	20	12
9	20	11
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27	20	11
28	20	11
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

Momostenango weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 9°	16	5	11.2	7.2
Feb	21° / 9°	16	4.1	11.5	7.6
Mar	22° / 10°	42	9.7	11.9	7.0
Apr	22° / 11°	94	17	12.3	5.7
May	22° / 12°	258	27	12.7	4.0
Jun	20° / 12°	344	28.4	12.9	3.4
Jul	20° / 11°	203	25.7	12.8	3.9
Aug	20° / 12°	244	27.8	12.5	3.6
Sep	20° / 12°	322	29.3	12.1	3.3
Oct	20° / 12°	231	26.3	11.7	3.8
Nov	19° / 10°	66	13.7	11.3	5.6
Dec	19° / 9°	27	6.2	11.1	6.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	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 (%)	9	9	9	11	11	11	12	12	14	14	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16
Cloudier (%)	91	91	91	89	89	89	88	88	86	86	85	85	84	85	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	16	84
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Momostenango gets around 203 mm of rain over 25.7 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 84% and peaks near 87% 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 (%)	87	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	86
3	86
4	85
5	85
6	85
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	83
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	85

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 79% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	68	69	71	72	74	75	76	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	83	83	83	82	82
Comfortable (%)	32	31	29	28	26	25	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	18	18

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	82	18
31	82	18

Wind in July

Winds average 6 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of July to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:32 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)	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	5:43	6:35
2	12.9	5:43	6:36
3	12.9	5:43	6:36
4	12.9	5:43	6:36
5	12.9	5:44	6:36
6	12.9	5:44	6:36
7	12.9	5:44	6:36
8	12.9	5:44	6:36
9	12.9	5:45	6:36
10	12.8	5:45	6:36
11	12.8	5:45	6:36
12	12.8	5:46	6:36
13	12.8	5:46	6:36
14	12.8	5:46	6:36
15	12.8	5:47	6:36
16	12.8	5:47	6:36
17	12.8	5:47	6:36
18	12.8	5:47	6:35
19	12.8	5:48	6:35
20	12.8	5:48	6:35
21	12.8	5:48	6:35
22	12.8	5:49	6:35
23	12.8	5:49	6:35
24	12.8	5:49	6:34
25	12.7	5:50	6:34
26	12.7	5:50	6:34
27	12.7	5:50	6:34
28	12.7	5:50	6:33
29	12.7	5:51	6:33
30	12.7	5:51	6:33
31	12.7	5:51	6:32

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.55 kWh/m² to a high of 6.48 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 5.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Momostenango

In seasonPeak

In July, Momostenango sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Momostenango's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Momostenango?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Momostenango.

What to pack for Momostenango in July

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

In July, Momostenango sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Momostenango in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Momostenango peaks around April 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 10 (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)	10	14	15	16	13	14	14	14	13	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	16	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	14	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Momostenango in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Momostenango is worst in May — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	23	22	25	34	34	23	23	22	23	23	23	25
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	34	Moderate
May	34	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	23	Moderate
Dec	25	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Momostenango?

Momostenango sits at 15.0°N, 91.4°W, 2,215 m above sea level, in Guatemala. The nearest listed city is San Francisco El Alto, 12 km away.

Topography around Momostenango

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Momostenango has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 442 m around an average of 2,252 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,670 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,169 m.

The land around Momostenango is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (69%) within 16 km, and trees (80%) within 80 km.

3 km

442 m

trees 83%

16 km

1,670 m

trees 69%

80 km

4,169 m

trees 80%

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← June Momostenango year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: San Francisco El Alto 12 km · Totonicapán 16 km · San Andrés Xecul 17 km · Salcajá 19 km · Nahualá 24 km · La Esperanza 25 km · Quetzaltenango 25 km · Cabricán 26 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 Momostenango (15.0444°, -91.4086°, elevation 2,215 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	20	12
2	20	12
3	20	12
4	20	12
5	20	12
6	20	12
7	20	12
8	20	12
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	20	11
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	20	11
27	20	11
28	20	11
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	86
3	86
4	85
5	85
6	85
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	83
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	85

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	82	18
31	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	86
3	86
4	85
5	85
6	85
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	83
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	85

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	82	18
31	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	86
3	86
4	85
5	85
6	85
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	83
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	85

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	82	18
31	82	18