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Barometric pressure in Ciudad Guzmán

1018hPa
Steady

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has barely moved. It holds near this level for the coming days.

Sea level reading, as of 14:00 local time. A barometer in Ciudad Guzmán itself reads about 855 hPa.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now25° / 17°25° / 17°27° / 16°26° / 17°25° / 18°25° / 17°23° / 17°25° / 16°26° / 16°25° / 16°24° / 16°26° / 17°26° / 17°16Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291012.51015.01017.51020.01022.5
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 23 −3 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Dense drizzle23° / 17°8.5 mm

low 1018 · high 1022 hPa

MonAug 24 +1 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the evening.

Light drizzle25° / 16°6.6 mm

low 1015 · high 1020 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light drizzle26° / 16°3.3 mm

low 1015 · high 1020 hPa

WedAug 26 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Dense drizzle25° / 16°6.6 mm

low 1016 · high 1019 hPa

ThuAug 27 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light drizzle24° / 16°1.2 mm

low 1015 · high 1019 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Light drizzle26° / 17°0.9 mm

low 1015 · high 1019 hPa

SatAug 29 +1 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Light drizzle26° / 17°2.4 mm

low 1015 · high 1019 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Light rain18°1.61022
01:00Drizzle18°0.51022
02:00Drizzle17°0.51021
03:00Drizzle17°0.51020
04:00Overcast17°1020
05:00Overcast17°1020
06:00Overcast17°1019
07:00Overcast17°1020
08:00Overcast17°1020
09:00Overcast18°1020
10:00Light drizzle20°0.31020
11:00Light drizzle22°0.31019
12:00Light drizzle23°0.31019
13:00Dense drizzle23°1.01018
14:00Dense drizzle22°1.01018
15:00Dense drizzle21°1.01018
16:00Drizzle21°0.51018
17:00Drizzle21°0.51018
18:00Drizzle21°0.51018
19:00Partly cloudy20°1018
20:00Overcast20°1018
21:00Overcast20°1018
22:00Overcast19°1018
23:00Partly cloudy19°1019

Of the seven days, today moves most: down 3 hPa.

What happens next

The forecast shows no big move in either direction this week.

The daily rhythm

In Ciudad Guzmán pressure moves on a daily clock: about 4 hPa between its regular low and high, at much the same hours every day. That daily swing is most of the shape you see on the graph, so the change since yesterday tells you more here than the change over the past few hours.

Your own barometer

Ciudad Guzmán sits 1532 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 163 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 855 hPa as of 14:00.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Ciudad Guzmán.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Wondering if this weather is normal? See what the weather in Ciudad Guzmán has done since 1940, on our sister site weatherjourney.com.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Ciudad Guzmán, which stands 1532 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 163 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.