Cobán
City in Guatemala: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Cobán is a city in Guatemala, in Alta Verapaz. About 212,047 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Guatemala in our atlas.
It lies at 15.47° N, 90.37° W, about 1,326 m (4,350 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Guatemala time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Cobán. Green dots: other major cities of Guatemala. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Cobán has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 12°C (54°F). Around 1,468 mm (58 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Guatemala City · 93 km
- Mixco · 96 km
- Jalapa · 101 km
- Villa Nueva · 107 km
- Villa Canales · 111 km
- Escuintla · 137 km
- Quetzaltenango · 141 km
- Jutiapa · 141 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3598119 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q25179527 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.