Climate averages 1991–2020
Jalapa weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Jalapa: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jutiapa (41 km away). In April its highs average 30.9°C, 3.3°C warmer than Jalapa, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Jalapa ranks joint 12th of 23 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 23 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 23 cities is 27.5°C; Jalapa is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 143 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Jalapa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 6.1 | 2.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 25.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 4.5 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 26.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 27.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 41 | 7.3 | 12.512 h |
| May | 26.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 143 | 17.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 215 | 24.3 | 13.013 h |
| July | 24.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 114 | 18.7 | 12.913 h |
| August | 24.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 138 | 20.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 24.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 216 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 143 | 18.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 23.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 32 | 6.1 | 11.511 h |
| December | 23.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 11 | 2.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Jutiapa in AprilGuatemala · 41 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 36 mm rain
- San José Pinula in AprilGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Chiquimula in AprilGuatemala · 51 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in AprilGuatemala · 55 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Villa Canales in AprilGuatemala · 61 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in AprilGuatemala · 65 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 66 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in AprilGuatemala · 71 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Santa Ana, El Salvador in AprilEl Salvador · 86 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 31 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 Jalapa) is explained once on the Jalapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.