This page is the complete Zakat guide for Guatemala, for Zakat calculated and paid in GTQ. This page translates the universal rules into that local reality: the gold and silver Nisab expressed in Guatemalan quetzal, how giving is usually organised in Guatemala, what Ramadan 2027 will look like, and the calculators that do the arithmetic for you. Everything is free, and the calculators linked from this page run in your browser with live prices, converting the thresholds into GTQ on the day you actually calculate.
Priced from the reference metal values behind this guide (gold USD 76.42/g, silver USD 0.98/g, at 7.75 GTQ to the dollar), one gram of gold is worth GTQ 592 in Guatemala and one gram of silver GTQ 8. The thresholds those prices produce are GTQ 51,810 for gold (87.48g) and GTQ 4,651 for silver (612.36g). Read them as the shape of the answer rather than its final digit: the GTQ rate and the metal markets move daily, which is why the calculator reprices the thresholds at the moment of use. On the silver standard most scholars recommend for cash, a payer in Guatemala whose net savings pass GTQ 4,651 for a full lunar year owes 2.5% of the total.
As a rule, the Zakat of most households leaves through the same short list of routes: local Zakat committees that collect and distribute within the community, mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan and charity platforms and mobile giving apps. The channel matters less than the conditions: delivery must be to recipients within the eight categories of Quran 9:60, and it must transfer into their ownership (tamlik). Plenty of households here settle the calculation at home first — often on a fixed Ramadan date — and then distribute through two or three trusted channels rather than one. Put the practical questions first: keep the receipt beside your calculation report, noting the Hijri date of payment beside the Gregorian one. A Zakat-specific fund, where a platform offers one, keeps the money out of general spending — the distinction is recorded in GTQ on your statement.
The Ramadan of 1448 AH should begin on Monday 8 February 2027 across Guatemala, pending the sighted crescent which local announcements confirm. The closing ten nights begin at Maghrib on 27 February 2027, Laylat al-Qadr being sought on the odd nights — 27 February, then 1, 3, 5 and 7 March — the likeliest, the 27th, opening on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. Expect the last fast on 8 or 9 March 2027, and Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. Daily fasting times for Guatemala are gathered through the Ramadan 2027 timetables by city, and remember Fitrana falls due before the Eid prayer.
Imagine savings in Guatemala of GTQ 13,022 in cash and savings — about 2.8 times the silver Nisab — with no debts due. It clears the Nisab and completes a hawl, making the Zakat GTQ 326 at 2.5%. Add any gold, stock or foreign currency in GTQ first; the 2.5% then applies to the combined net total.
On reference prices, the gold threshold is GTQ 51,810 — 87.48 grams of gold — and the silver Nisab is GTQ 4,651 — 612.36 grams of silver. They are priced from a gold gram at GTQ 592 and a silver gram at GTQ 8 in Guatemala at the 7.75 GTQ reference rate. Prices move daily, so let the live calculator quote the threshold of your actual due date; silver is the standard most scholars advise for cash.
Zakat in Guatemala is calculated in GTQ — the Guatemalan quetzal. Money held abroad is converted into GTQ at your due date's rate and added before the Nisab test . The currency changes only the clothing of the numbers: the same calculation a payer runs in Argentina, settled here in Guatemalan quetzal.
Total the zakatable side in GTQ — cash and savings, metals priced today, stock, investments and receivables. Take off the debts due now, then set the net figure against the Nisab — GTQ 4,651 on the silver standard, or GTQ 51,810 on the gold standard. Once the threshold and the hawl are both met, is charged at 2.5% of the whole amount : on savings of GTQ 13,022, the example on this page, the payment is GTQ 326.
Fitrana follows the food, not the calculator: Fitrana is one sa' of the local staple — some 2–3 kilograms of wheat, rice, flour or dates — for each person. Scholars and councils in Guatemala set the rate in GTQ each year, with announcements commonly made in Spanish. It is paid for every member of the household, including children, and must reach the poor before the Eid prayer. The Fitrana calculator multiplies Guatemala's announced rate by your household size so nobody is missed.
Guatemala belongs to the Americas region on this site, with community languages Spanish. Its two-letter code is GT — (zakatsuite.com/gt) — and this address for the full guide. All 209 tools work for Guatemala with GTQ selected, so nothing on the platform is closed to a payer here.