🇬🇹 Guatemala
Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango (Spanish pronunciation: [keˌtsal.teˈnaŋ.ɡo], also known by its Kʼicheʼ Maya name Xelajú or Xela, is a municipality and the capital of the namesake department in western Guatemala. Situated within a high-altitude volcanic basin of the Sierra Madre at an elevation of 2,330 metres above sea level, the city is encircled by prominent volcanic complexes including Santa María, Santiaguito, and Cerro Quemado. It functions as the primary economic, educational, and cultural hub of the southwestern Guatemalan highlands.
- Country
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 180,706
- Time zone
- America/Guatemala
- Coordinates
- 14.85, -91.52
Weather in Quetzaltenango month by month
The best months to go: Jan · Feb · Dec
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 25° | 25° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 24° | 23° |
| low | 2° | 3° | 3° | 5° | 7° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 8° | 7° | 3° | 2° |
| rain | 6 mm | 7 mm | 22 mm | 63 mm | 217 mm | 315 mm | 226 mm | 289 mm | 353 mm | 291 mm | 58 mm | 10 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Quetzaltenango is from other cities in Guatemala
- Coatepeque40 km✈ 48 min · 🚗 40 min
- Chichicastenango46 km✈ 48 min · 🚗 46 min
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa78 km✈ 51 min · 🚗 1 h 18 min
- San Juan Sacatepéquez96 km✈ 52 min · 🚗 1 h 36 min
- Escuintla100 km✈ 52 min · 🚗 1 h 40 min
- Mixco101 km✈ 52 min · 🚗 1 h 41 min
- Villa Nueva107 km✈ 53 min · 🚗 1 h 47 min
- Petapa110 km✈ 53 min · 🚗 1 h 50 min
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