Greenly Garden

Last and first frost dates in Escuintla

Guatemala

Escuintla had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Escuintla

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Escuintla

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Antigua Guatemala30 km——
Guatemala City47 km——
Quetzaltenango99 km——
Huehuetenango135 km——
Santa Ana137 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Escuintla

Within 15 km of Escuintla OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

  • Agropro — farm shop
    4a Avenida Zona 1, Escuintla · 1 km

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Escuintla by month

Average weather in Escuintla over 2016–2025: the warmest month is April. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (29–34.7 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: July, August and November–May (30.1–34.7 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in November, average 21.1 °C. About 1971 mm of rain falls in a year, on 194 days; June is the wettest month (425 mm) and January the driest (9 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January33.221.393
February34.121.7103
March34.622.6217
April34.7236414
May3222.821126
June29.422.142527
July30.62218220
August30.221.826025
September29.621.735328
October2921.332626
November30.121.19311
December32.321.4174

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).