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Santa Cruz del Quiché has a hot semi-arid climate.
Dry country, big sun, modest rain — here's what that means in plain terms.
What this climate feels like
The four things a regular visitor actually wants to know:
Highs near 81°F in May.
Lows near 45°F in January.
About 21 in of rain a year. Wettest in June.
Cloudy skies much of the year.
What "hot semi-arid" means
Climate scientists sort every place on Earth into about 30 climate types, based on how hot, cold, wet and dry it is across the year. Santa Cruz del Quiché's type — hot semi-arid — sits in the broad family of dry climates — deserts and steppes.
Researchers write climate types as a short letter code. Here is what each letter means:
Cities with the same climate as Santa Cruz del Quiché
A hot semi-arid climate (BSh) — these recognizable cities share it. If you know one of them, you know roughly what to expect.
Santa Cruz del Quiché sits near a climate boundary
This city's climate sits within about 2 °C of the next type along. A slightly cooler or warmer decade could change which side of the boundary it lands on — but the lived weather doesn't change at the line.
Has Santa Cruz del Quiché's climate type changed?
Stable — Santa Cruz del Quiché's climate has held the same type between the 1971–2000 and 1991–2020 normals. The label is steady; the climate beneath it is still warming.
What this climate means for you
Native grasses, drought-tolerant shrubs and hardy fruit trees (figs, pomegranate, olives) do well. Vegetable gardens need irrigation.
Cool half of the year is comfortable; summer is hot and dusty. Watch for wet-season storms during the short rainy stretch.
Hot, dry and dusty — drought is a recurring issue. Comfortable winters; tough, sun-blasted summers.
Where these numbers come from
The climate type and the month-by-month figures on this page are computed from Santa Cruz del Quiché's measured 30-year climate normals (1991–2020) — the same official records behind Santa Cruz del Quiché's main climate page, so the two always agree.
Long-range climate maps measure things slightly differently and can place a city in a neighbouring category. Where they differ, this page uses the measured station record as the climate today.
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Huehuetenango, a weather station, about 47 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.