Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
# Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa

Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (Spanish pronunciation:) is a town, with a population of 58,877 (2018 census), and a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.

The municipality includes the Cotzumalhuapa archaeological zone, including the pre-Columbian archaeological sites of El Baúl and Bilbao. It is the birthplace of president Carlos Castillo Armas.

## Climate

Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen: Am).

Climate data for Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.8 (89.2) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.4 (90.3) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.5 (88.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.7 (76.5) | 25.2 (77.4) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.7 (78.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 18.2 (64.8) | 18.7 (65.7) | 19.7 (67.5) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.0 (69.8) | 20.8 (69.4) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.3 (68.5) | 19.6 (67.3) | 18.9 (66.0) | 20.0 (68.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12 (0.5) | 16 (0.6) | 41 (1.6) | 114 (4.5) | 351 (13.8) | 517 (20.4) | 415 (16.3) | 437 (17.2) | 574 (22.6) | 502 (19.8) | 149 (5.9) | 28 (1.1) | 3,156 (124.3) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org ||||||||||||||

## Sports

The town has a team that plays in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top division soccer league in Guatemala.

Places adjacent to Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa :

Yepocapa, Chimaltenango municipality

Patulul, Suchitepéquez Department municipality

Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa

Siquinalá, La Democracia, Escuintla municipalities

Nueva Concepción, Escuintla municipality

La Gomera, Escuintla municipality :

