Petén Department · Guatemala
Sayaxché travel guide
Sayaxché is a city in Petén Department, Guatemala, home to about 100,000 people.
- Best months
- January
- Nearest airport
- FRS56 km · Mundo Maya International Airport
- Currency
- GTQquetzal
- Time zone
- America/Guatemala
- Language
- Spanish
When to go
The best time to visit Sayaxché
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Sayaxché are January. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 34 °C; October is the wettest, with about 303 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Sayaxché: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mundo Maya International Airport (FRS), about 56 km from the city centre in a straight line.
FRS · Mundo Maya International Airport
Questions
Sayaxché: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Sayaxché?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Sayaxché are January. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 34 °C; October is the wettest, with about 303 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Sayaxché?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mundo Maya International Airport (FRS), about 56 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Sayaxché?
quetzal (GTQ).
Nearby
Destinations near Sayaxché
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.