Hello! Im arriving to guatemala in 4 days and i've been checking out the weather forecast and they put rain every single day till the end of the month. Does it mean the sun wont show up there neither a few minutes on between rains? What i mean is, when it rains there, is it rainning non stop from morning till night? (Like in europe) Or perhaps there's some heavy rain here and there and in between its sunny? Checking in the internet is a bit depressing cause honestly the rain symbol is the only thing appearing for every day. Also, do u know any realiable website i could check out? Thank u very much!!
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katzgar
go back and look at it again. pay attention to the percents. Typically they are talking about thunderstorms which are the same the world over, short lived events.
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hopefulist
It depends on where you're staying but in our experience the mornings are usually clear and beautiful and the rain can start sometime in the afternoon or evening. The exception is when a tropical depression/storm or hurricane passes over or nearby and can dump extra moisture. You can watch for that here: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
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soniaberode
Try to find a website that gives you an overview of what the day looks like. But of course October is still the rainy season and November is the start of the dry season. Although this year with El Nino I read Guatemala has been too dry...
I have had great weather early November. Still a few showers and some muddy hikes but lots of sun.
Maybe this website helps: https://weatherspark.com/#!dashboard;q=antigua%20guatemala
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misterbee
The previous answers are correct for typical years, but this year has not been typical. This year is looking like a few years ago when it was overcast every day -- the sun might appear for a few hours every day or we'd get a sunny day every few days. However, although overcast, it didn't rain heavily every day. Often it would rain on & off during the day, and occasionally it would rain all day. That's life!
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boomer1
You are traveling in the rainy season in the tropics. Take an umbrella. Its gonna rain. But hey, its tropical rain!
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mrmoto
In the the tropics the weather is chance of rain everyday till Dec,,,but the weatherman is at the beach...
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DebAntigua
We live in Antigua, so take this as only applicable to that area. Antigua sits in a valley so we very commonly see storms pass right around our city when the surrounding areas are getting soaked. Many times the forecast has sounded full of dreary doom - 95% or 100% chance of rain - and we get absolutely nothing. Mornings are almost always clear and pleasant. When it rains the temperature cools off nicely, so my favorite thing is to go out walking after a rainstorm.
Just because you see rain forecast every day doesn't mean that will be the reality at all. Yesterday we were supposed to be getting a huge amount of rain, and I think it sprinkled for a few minutes and that was that.
I use this site for our weather forecast: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=14.55854130,-90.73902130&sp=ISACATEP4&MR=1
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patywolf
Have traveled many times in Guat in rainy season. Bring a nice light weight pancho with you at all times so your are prepared. It can be a short rain or a heavy long one you just never know. i got trapped in a restaurant once for hours in Antigua while a deluge occurred. The streets just ran with a river of water. We just ate and drank more. At last it let up.
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