Every time on this page is Guatemala time, which is UTC-6 all year: the country has not changed its clocks since 2006, so sunrise and sunset drift with the seasons and never jump by an hour. Two feeds fill the tables. The first covers today for every departmental capital; the second gives the week ahead for four destinations that each have their own forecast page on this site.
Today, city by city
Pulled Oct 6, 2026 at 12:59 Guatemala time from sunrisesunset.io.
Times for Tuesday, October 6, 2026, Guatemala time (the day the feed ran).
| Place | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala City | 4:35:35 AM | 5:46:39 AM | 5:53:18 PM | 7:04:21 PM | 12:06:39 |
| Antigua Guatemala | 4:36:18 AM | 5:47:21 AM | 5:54:23 PM | 7:05:24 PM | 12:07:01 |
| Sololá (Lake Atitlán) | 4:37:22 AM | 5:48:28 AM | 5:56:53 PM | 7:07:58 PM | 12:08:24 |
| Quetzaltenango (Xela) | 4:38:11 AM | 5:49:19 AM | 5:58:43 PM | 7:09:49 PM | 12:09:24 |
| Flores (Petén) | 4:37:07 AM | 5:49:00 AM | 5:45:59 PM | 6:57:50 PM | 11:56:59 |
| Cobán | 4:35:21 AM | 5:46:42 AM | 5:52:08 PM | 7:03:27 PM | 12:05:26 |
| Puerto Barrios | 4:33:08 AM | 5:44:35 AM | 5:40:04 PM | 6:51:30 PM | 11:55:29 |
| Huehuetenango | 4:38:42 AM | 5:49:59 AM | 5:57:39 PM | 7:08:55 PM | 12:07:39 |
| Chimaltenango | 4:36:16 AM | 5:47:21 AM | 5:55:06 PM | 7:06:09 PM | 12:07:45 |
| Escuintla | 4:39:32 AM | 5:50:31 AM | 5:51:40 PM | 7:02:37 PM | 12:01:08 |
| Retalhuleu | 4:43:34 AM | 5:54:37 AM | 5:54:42 PM | 7:05:43 PM | 12:00:04 |
| Mazatenango | 4:42:18 AM | 5:53:20 AM | 5:54:35 PM | 7:05:37 PM | 12:01:14 |
| San Marcos | 4:39:11 AM | 5:50:21 AM | 5:59:54 PM | 7:11:02 PM | 12:09:33 |
| Totonicapán | 4:37:23 AM | 5:48:32 AM | 5:58:14 PM | 7:09:22 PM | 12:09:42 |
| Santa Cruz del Quiché | 4:37:14 AM | 5:48:26 AM | 5:56:39 PM | 7:07:49 PM | 12:08:13 |
| Salamá | 4:35:54 AM | 5:47:07 AM | 5:51:17 PM | 7:02:29 PM | 12:04:09 |
| Zacapa | 4:35:05 AM | 5:46:16 AM | 5:45:51 PM | 6:57:01 PM | 11:59:35 |
| Chiquimula | 4:34:15 AM | 5:45:23 AM | 5:46:52 PM | 6:57:58 PM | 12:01:28 |
| Guastatoya | 4:35:56 AM | 5:47:05 AM | 5:49:21 PM | 7:00:29 PM | 12:02:16 |
| Jalapa | 4:33:43 AM | 5:44:47 AM | 5:51:01 PM | 7:02:04 PM | 12:06:14 |
| Jutiapa | 4:34:17 AM | 5:45:15 AM | 5:49:49 PM | 7:00:45 PM | 12:04:33 |
| Cuilapa | 4:35:42 AM | 5:46:40 AM | 5:51:37 PM | 7:02:33 PM | 12:04:57 |
First light and last light are astronomical dawn and dusk as sunrisesunset.io defines them: the faintest brightening of the sky, and its last trace.
The week ahead at Antigua, Lake Atitlán, Tikal and Acatenango
Pulled Oct 6, 2026 at 13:00 Guatemala time from MET Norway sunrise API.
| Day | Antigua Guatemala rise / set | Panajachel, Lake Atitlan rise / set | Tikal National Park rise / set | Acatenango summit rise / set |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue Oct 6 | 05:53 / 17:48 | 05:54 / 17:50 | 05:49 / 17:43 | 05:53 / 17:49 |
| Wed Oct 7 | 05:53 / 17:48 | 05:54 / 17:49 | 05:49 / 17:42 | 05:53 / 17:48 |
| Thu Oct 8 | 05:53 / 17:47 | 05:55 / 17:48 | 05:49 / 17:41 | 05:53 / 17:47 |
| Fri Oct 9 | 05:53 / 17:46 | 05:55 / 17:48 | 05:50 / 17:40 | 05:53 / 17:47 |
| Sat Oct 10 | 05:53 / 17:46 | 05:55 / 17:47 | 05:50 / 17:40 | 05:54 / 17:46 |
24-hour clock, Guatemala time, to the minute as MET Norway's sunrise service gives them. Sunrise and sunset are computed for the point; a ridge or a cloud bank on your horizon changes when you actually see the sun.
These are astronomical times. Whether you see the sun at that minute depends on cloud, which is the question the destination weather pages answer with their forecasts:
- Tikal: Tikal weather shows forecast cloud cover at 5 and 6 AM and the rain chance at the 6 AM forecast step, the window a Tikal sunrise tour is sold on.
- Acatenango: Acatenango summit weather gives the overnight low, wind and rain on the summit for each night in the forecast, for the overnight hike.
- Lake Atitlán: Lake Atitlán weather splits the wind into morning and afternoon, useful before the Indian Nose sunrise hike and the boat back.
- Antigua: Antigua weather shows when in the day the rain is forecast.
Reading the tables
- Sunrise and sunset are astronomical times computed for each table’s coordinates (the city, or the forecast point). A volcano, a ridge or a cloud bank on your horizon changes the moment you actually see the sun.
- First light and last light (city table) are astronomical dawn and dusk as sunrisesunset.io defines them: the faintest brightening of the sky, and its last trace.
- Day length is sunrise to sunset.
- The city table is for one day, the day the feed last ran (printed above the table). The destination table covers about five days from its own feed date; days already past are dropped when the page is rebuilt.
Where these numbers come from
- City table: sunrisesunset.io, queried once a day for the coordinates of each departmental capital. If one city’s request fails, that city keeps its previous values rather than dropping out (the stamp does not show this per city). If the whole run fails, the previous file stays in place and the stamp turns red once it is more than 50 hours old.
- Destination table: MET Norway’s sunrise service (sunrise 3.0), read once a day for fixed points: the same Antigua and Panajachel points as our national forecast, Tikal at the coordinates in UNESCO’s World Heritage listing, and the Acatenango summit. On a failed read the previous file stays in place: days already past are dropped when the page is rebuilt, and the stamp turns red once the forecast is more than 26 hours old.
Related: time in Guatemala for the clock difference with US cities, and eclipses visible from Guatemala for eclipse dates and local times. The month-by-month picture of rain and temperature is in our best time to visit Guatemala guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
What time is sunrise in Guatemala today?
The first table on this page lists today’s sunrise for Guatemala City and the other 21 departmental capitals, read from sunrisesunset.io on the day shown above the table. The second table gives about five days of sunrise and sunset times for Antigua, Panajachel on Lake Atitlán, Tikal and the Acatenango summit.
What time is sunrise at Tikal?
Use the Tikal column in the destination table: it is computed for the Tikal National Park coordinates in UNESCO’s World Heritage listing. For whether the sky will be clear at that hour, the Tikal weather page shows forecast cloud cover in the 5 and 6 AM hours.
What is first light?
In the city table, first light and last light are astronomical dawn and dusk as sunrisesunset.io defines them: the faintest brightening of the sky before sunrise and its last trace after sunset.
Does Guatemala change its clocks for summer?
No. Guatemala keeps UTC-6 all year, so sunrise and sunset move only with the seasons, never by a sudden hour. See our page on the time in Guatemala for the difference with US cities, which does change twice a year.
