Region · Guatemala
Best time to visit San Marcos Department
This guide covers 9 destinations in San Marcos Department, a first-level administrative division of Guatemala. The largest by population are Malacatán, San Pedro Sacatepéquez and Concepción Tutuapa. Across its destinations, December to March are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Tapachula International Airport (TAP).
- Destinations in this guide
- 9
- Comfortable in the most places
- December to March
- Main airport
- TAPTapachula International Airport
- Currency
- GTQquetzal
- Time zone
- America/Guatemala
Destinations
Destinations in San Marcos Department
Every destination in this guide in San Marcos Department, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malacatán | 109,318 | TAP · 36 km | |
| San Pedro Sacatepéquez | 85,671 | RER · 50 km | |
| Concepción Tutuapa | 84,138 | TAP · 83 km | |
| Tacaná | 82,079 | TAP · 59 km | |
| Comitancillo | 80,612 | RER · 64 km | |
| Tajumulco | 63,405 | TAP · 58 km | |
| San Miguel Ixtahuacán | 52,452 | RER · 81 km | |
| San Pablo | 52,217 | TAP · 43 km | |
| El Tumbador | 52,144 | RER · 46 km |
When to go
Best time to visit San Marcos Department
From the climate of 9 destinations in San Marcos Department with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: December to March.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8 of 9 | 27 °C | 5 mm |
| February | 8 of 9 | 28 °C | 6 mm |
| March | 8 of 9 | 29 °C | 24 mm |
| April | 4 of 9 | 29 °C | 79 mm |
| May | 0 of 9 | 29 °C | 254 mm |
| June | 0 of 9 | 28 °C | 349 mm |
| July | 0 of 9 | 28 °C | 214 mm |
| August | 0 of 9 | 28 °C | 290 mm |
| September | 0 of 9 | 27 °C | 360 mm |
| October | 0 of 9 | 27 °C | 283 mm |
| November | 5 of 9 | 27 °C | 61 mm |
| December | 8 of 9 | 27 °C | 15 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving San Marcos Department
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in San Marcos Department name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
TAP · Tapachula International Airport
RER · Retalhuleu Airport
GUA · La Aurora International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in San Marcos Department, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Guatemala
Nearby
Regions near San Marcos Department
Other regions of Guatemala with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.