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Has the climate in Retalhuleu changed?

Retalhuleu has warmed about 1.5°F between 2008 and 2024.

About 0.9°F per decade, measured from Retalhuleu's official daily weather records, 2008–2024. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Retalhuleu's climate has warmed faster than most other cities in Guatemala.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Average temperature
+1.0°F
1970s
83.1°F
Recent
84.2°F
A steady upward drift

Retalhuleu's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 2008 to 2024.

81°83°85°2008: 82.6°F2009: 83.7°F2010: 83.1°F2011: 82.7°F2012: 83.5°F2013: 83.5°F2014: 83.6°F2015: 84.5°F2016: 84.5°F2017: 83.7°F2018: 83.7°F2019: 84.0°F2020: 84.1°F2021: 83.6°F2022: 83.2°F2023: 84.9°F2024: 85.0°Flong-term trend2008201020202024
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Ignacio Lopez Rayon, about 55 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →