Climate averages 1991–2020
Jalapa weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Jalapa: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jutiapa (41 km away). In July its highs average 28.2°C, 3.7°C warmer than Jalapa, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Jalapa ranks 13th of 23 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 23 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 23 cities is 25.0°C; Jalapa is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 138 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Jutiapa in JulyGuatemala · 41 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 100 mm rain
- San José Pinula in JulyGuatemala · 46 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Chiquimula in JulyGuatemala · 51 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in JulyGuatemala · 55 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Villa Canales in JulyGuatemala · 61 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in JulyGuatemala · 65 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 181 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in JulyGuatemala · 71 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Santa Ana, El Salvador in JulyEl Salvador · 86 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 97 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.