Climate averages 1991–2020
Chiquimula weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Chiquimula: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jalapa (51 km away). In January its highs average 23.8°C, 1.3°C cooler than Chiquimula, with 6.1 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Chiquimula ranks 12th of 23 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 23 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 23 cities is 24.6°C; Chiquimula is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 8.5 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Chiquimula climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 11 | 4.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 26.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 8.5 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 9.8 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 25 | 5.4 | 12.512 h |
| May | 30.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 110 | 15.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 29.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 215 | 23.5 | 13.013 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 142 | 20.0 | 12.913 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 158 | 21.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 223 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 138 | 18.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 25.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 38 | 7.9 | 11.511 h |
| December | 25.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 16 | 4.5 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Jalapa in JanuaryGuatemala · 51 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Panzos in JanuaryGuatemala · 67 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Jutiapa in JanuaryGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Santa Ana, El Salvador in JanuaryEl Salvador · 90 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.7 mm rain
- San José Pinula in JanuaryGuatemala · 97 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in JanuaryGuatemala · 106 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Villa Canales in JanuaryGuatemala · 112 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in JanuaryGuatemala · 116 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 5.9 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 Chiquimula) is explained once on the Chiquimula year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.