What fresh produce does Guatemala export?

Guatemala ships bananas, mangos, melons, snow peas, and plantains. The calendar on this page gives each one's export window month by month.

When does Guatemala export snow peas?

Guatemala ships snow peas November–April, with May and October at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

Which ports does Guatemala export fresh produce from?

Puerto Quetzal, Puerto Barrios, and Santo Tomás de Castilla. The load port is worth knowing because the lane's transit — and so the shelf life left on arrival — is measured from it.

Season calendar

Guatemala fresh produce export calendar

When Guatemala ships mangoes, melons and snow peas alongside its year-round banana and plantain programmes, month by month, and from which coast.

Load ports: Puerto Quetzal, Puerto Barrios, and Santo Tomás de Castilla
Produce covered: Banana Mango Melon Snow peas Plantain

Peak — shipping in volume Shoulder — opening or closing Export windows out of the origin, not arrival weeks. Add the lane's transit.

Guatemala fresh produce export calendar: which produce ships in which month.
Produce	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Banana Ships year-round	January: Peak	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Peak	May: Peak	June: Peak	July: Peak	August: Peak	September: Peak	October: Peak	November: Peak	December: Peak
Mango March–June peak · February, July shoulder	January: Not shipping	February: Shoulder	March: Peak	April: Peak	May: Peak	June: Peak	July: Shoulder	August: Not shipping	September: Not shipping	October: Not shipping	November: Not shipping	December: Not shipping
Melon December–March peak · April, November shoulder	January: Peak	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Shoulder	May: Not shipping	June: Not shipping	July: Not shipping	August: Not shipping	September: Not shipping	October: Not shipping	November: Shoulder	December: Peak
Snow peas November–April peak · May, October shoulder	January: Peak	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Peak	May: Shoulder	June: Not shipping	July: Not shipping	August: Not shipping	September: Not shipping	October: Shoulder	November: Peak	December: Peak
Plantain Ships year-round	January: Peak	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Peak	May: Peak	June: Peak	July: Peak	August: Peak	September: Peak	October: Peak	November: Peak	December: Peak

Last reviewed August 2026. Windows are editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule, and they are export weeks out of Guatemala rather than arrival weeks in your market.

Guatemala is the Central American origin with the most varied basket. Bananas and plantains run year-round the way they do everywhere in the region, but the country also has a real mango window and a substantial vegetable programme — snow peas, sugar snaps and baby vegetables out of the highlands — that behaves nothing like a tree crop.

The thing to get right here is the coast. Puerto Quetzal is on the Pacific and serves Asia and the US West Coast; Puerto Barrios and Santo Tomás are on the Caribbean and serve Europe and the US East Coast. A booking on the wrong side of the country is not a routing detail — it is a different voyage, a different transit time and, for the vegetable programmes, the difference between arriving saleable and arriving as a claim.

Banana

Ships year-round Varieties: Cavendish

Year-round, from both coasts. Guatemala is one of the largest banana exporters in the world and the volume splits between Puerto Quetzal on the Pacific and Santo Tomás and Puerto Barrios on the Caribbean.

Guatemala banana: window and arrival weeks · Banana across every origin

Mango

March–June peak · February, July shoulder Varieties: Tommy Atkins, Kent, Ataulfo

Roughly March to June, running just ahead of and alongside the Mexican window. Guatemala is the smaller of the two and is often the origin that opens the Northern Hemisphere season.

Guatemala mango: window and arrival weeks · Mango across every origin

Melon

December–March peak · April, November shoulder Varieties: Cantaloupe, Honeydew

Roughly December to April out of the Pacific lowlands, on the same counter-season logic as the Costa Rican and Honduran crops.

Guatemala melon: window and arrival weeks · Melon across every origin

Snow peas

November–April peak · May, October shoulder Varieties: Snow peas, sugar snaps

Roughly November to April out of the highlands around Chimaltenango and Sololá, grown for the months when no temperate producer has them.

Guatemala snow peas: window and arrival weeks · Snow peas across every origin

Plantain

Ships year-round

Year-round, alongside the banana programme and usually in the same booking.

Guatemala plantain: window and arrival weeks · Plantain across every origin

FAQ

What fresh produce does Guatemala export?: Guatemala ships bananas, mangos, melons, snow peas, and plantains. The calendar on this page gives each one's export window month by month.
When does Guatemala export snow peas?: Guatemala ships snow peas November–April, with May and October at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.
Which ports does Guatemala export fresh produce from?: Puerto Quetzal, Puerto Barrios, and Santo Tomás de Castilla. The load port is worth knowing because the lane's transit — and so the shelf life left on arrival — is measured from it.

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