Climate averages 1991–2020
Coatepeque weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Coatepeque: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Retalhuleu (27 km away). In December its highs average 29.2°C, 2.2°C warmer than Coatepeque, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Coatepeque ranks 7th of 23 for the warmest December highs and 20th of 23 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 23 cities is 24.1°C; Coatepeque is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 49 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
Coatepeque climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 49 | 16.4 | 11.411 h |
| February | 28.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 51 | 16.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 110 | 23.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 243 | 26.5 | 12.512 h |
| May | 27.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 607 | 30.4 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 545 | 29.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 26.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 492 | 30.9 | 12.913 h |
| August | 26.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 555 | 30.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 26.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 629 | 29.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 25.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 525 | 30.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 223 | 26.6 | 11.511 h |
| December, selected | 27.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 71 | 19.4 | 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
- Retalhuleu in DecemberGuatemala · 27 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Malacatán in DecemberGuatemala · 31 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in DecemberGuatemala · 40 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Mazatenango in DecemberGuatemala · 43 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Tapachula in DecemberMexico · 48 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Totonicapán in DecemberGuatemala · 59 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in DecemberGuatemala · 81 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in DecemberGuatemala · 85 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 17 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 Coatepeque) is explained once on the Coatepeque year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.