Climate averages 1991–2020
Jalapa weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Jalapa: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jutiapa (41 km away). In August its highs average 28.4°C, 3.5°C warmer than Jalapa, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Jalapa ranks 13th of 23 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 23 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 23 cities is 25.2°C; Jalapa is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 216 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Jutiapa in AugustGuatemala · 41 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 140 mm rain
- San José Pinula in AugustGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 227 mm rain
- Chiquimula in AugustGuatemala · 51 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in AugustGuatemala · 55 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 227 mm rain
- Villa Canales in AugustGuatemala · 61 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in AugustGuatemala · 65 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 227 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in AugustGuatemala · 71 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Santa Ana, El Salvador in AugustEl Salvador · 86 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 122 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.