Climate averages 1991–2020

Jalapa weather
in January.

A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 13.5°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 6.1 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Jalapa: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 6.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jutiapa (41 km away). In January its highs average 27.7°C, 4.0°C warmer than Jalapa, with 1.6 mm of rain.

Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Jalapa ranks 14th of 23 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 23 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 23 cities is 24.6°C; Jalapa is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.1 mm to 4.5 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Jalapa, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Jalapa

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 limits

How 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.