Santa Cruz Barillas
Santa Cruz Barillas Yalmotx | |
|---|---|
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 (also known as Yalmotx in Qʼanjobʼal) 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.
Climate
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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °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) |
| Mean daily minimum °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] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
- ^ "Climate: Barillas". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
