Huehuetenango
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About
Huehuetenango is a city and municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is also the capital of the department of Huehuetenango. The city is situated 269 kilometres (167 mi) from Guatemala City, and is the last departmental capital on the Pan-American Highway before the Mexican border at La Mesilla.
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The next week in Huehuetenango
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
29° / 14°
UV Very high
Sat
Partly cloudy
31° / 13°
UV Very high
Sun
Partly cloudy
32° / 15°
UV Very high
Mon
Drizzle
31° / 16°
0.7 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Drizzle
31° / 15°
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
31° / 16°
1.2 mm
UV Very high
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 9°
Typical high / low
5 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.8h
05:37 – 18:26local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Huehuetenango
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Retalhuleu Airport (RER) at 91 km.
Getting around Huehuetenango
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, GaelVector.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.