Climate averages 1991–2020
Chimaltenango weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Chimaltenango: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Juan Sacatepéquez (20 km away). In December its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as Chimaltenango, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Chimaltenango ranks 15th of 23 for the warmest December highs and joint 7th of 23 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 23 cities is 24.1°C; Chimaltenango is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 6.3 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chimaltenango climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 6.3 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| February | 24.1°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 25.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 15 | 3.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 51 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| May | 24.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 132 | 17.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 22.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 221 | 23.9 | 13.013 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 116 | 17.3 | 12.913 h |
| August | 23.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 136 | 19.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 22.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 204 | 24.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 152 | 19.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 21.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 41 | 7.1 | 11.511 h |
| December, selected | 22.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 13 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in DecemberGuatemala · 20 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in DecemberGuatemala · 29 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in DecemberGuatemala · 36 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Villa Canales in DecemberGuatemala · 37 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Escuintla in DecemberGuatemala · 40 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in DecemberGuatemala · 42 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in DecemberGuatemala · 44 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 13 mm rain
- San José Pinula in DecemberGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 12 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chimaltenango) is explained once on the Chimaltenango year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
San Juan Sacatepéquez lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.