Lightning strikes in Guatemala

The detection network has located 2,566 lightning strikes in Guatemala since the archive began, including 1,001 in the last 7 days. That is 0.03% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Guatemala #49 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Guatemala is counted under North America in the continent totals.

Daily strikes, last 14 days

Day (UTC)	Detected strikes
2026-08-14	84
2026-08-13	212
2026-08-12	208
2026-08-11	260
2026-08-10	138
2026-08-09	56
2026-08-08	43
2026-08-07	6
2026-08-06	127
2026-08-05	219
2026-08-04	622
2026-08-03	10
2026-08-02	34
2026-08-01	2

Strikes by state or province

Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Guatemala's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.

#	State / province	Strikes	Last 7 days	Share
1	Petén	846	444	33.0%
2	Izabal	498	237	19.4%
3	Unassigned	245	114	9.5%
4	Alta Verapaz	163	92	6.4%
5	Suchitepéquez	161	7	6.3%
6	San Marcos	100	13	3.9%
7	Escuintla	98	6	3.8%
8	Santa Rosa	93	17	3.6%
9	Jutiapa	64	10	2.5%
10	Huehuetenango	57	14	2.2%
11	Quiché	57	7	2.2%
12	Sololá	50	3	1.9%
13	Retalhuleu	31	16	1.2%
14	Chimaltenango	28	1	1.1%
15	Quetzaltenango	20	10	0.8%
16	Toledo	19	5	0.7%
17	Chiquimula	12	2	0.5%
18	Guatemala	8	0	0.3%
19	Zacapa	8	1	0.3%
20	Jalapa	3	1	0.1%
21	Orange Walk	3	1	0.1%
22	Sacatepéquez	2	0	0.1%

These are detected strikes, and detection coverage differs by region; the data hub explains the method and its limits. For the climatological picture, see which countries get the most lightning.

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