Climate averages 1991–2020
Escuintla weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Escuintla: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (26 km away). In December its highs average 28.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Escuintla, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Escuintla ranks 2nd of 23 for the warmest December highs and joint 15th of 23 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 23 cities is 24.1°C; Escuintla is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 9.9 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
Escuintla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 9.9 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 31.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 9.1 | 2.7 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 29 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 86 | 17.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 299 | 27.8 | 12.813 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 360 | 28.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 28.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 320 | 30.2 | 12.913 h |
| August | 28.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 358 | 30.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 421 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 413 | 28.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 146 | 19.2 | 11.511 h |
| December, selected | 29.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 27 | 7.3 | 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
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in DecemberGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in DecemberGuatemala · 33 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Villa Canales in DecemberGuatemala · 34 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in DecemberGuatemala · 40 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in DecemberGuatemala · 43 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 12 mm rain
- San José Pinula in DecemberGuatemala · 49 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 12 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in DecemberGuatemala · 49 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in DecemberGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 13 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 Escuintla) is explained once on the Escuintla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.