Santa Cruz Barillas | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department | Huehuetenango Department |
| Area | |
| • Total | 453 sq mi (1,174 km2) |
| Population (2018 census) [1] | |
| • Total | 100,849 |
| • Density | 220/sq mi (86/km2) |
Santa Cruz Barillas is a town, with a population of 17,166 (2018 census), [2] and a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. It is situated at 1450 metres above sea level. It covers a terrain of 1,174 km². The annual festival is April 29-May 4.
Barillas has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round and extremely heavy rainfall from June to August.
| Climate data for Barillas | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.7 (78.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.8 (78.4) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.1 (77.2) | 25.0 (77.0) | 26.0 (78.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.6 (65.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 18.8 (65.8) | 19.7 (67.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 12.6 (54.7) | 13.7 (56.7) | 13.9 (57.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.0 (57.2) | 13.1 (55.6) | 12.6 (54.7) | 13.4 (56.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 225 (8.9) | 150 (5.9) | 131 (5.2) | 140 (5.5) | 233 (9.2) | 676 (26.6) | 860 (33.9) | 649 (25.6) | 611 (24.1) | 515 (20.3) | 331 (13.0) | 254 (10.0) | 4,775 (188.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org [3] | |||||||||||||
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Coordinates: 15°48′05″N91°18′45″W / 15.8014°N 91.3125°W
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