Climate averages 1991–2020
Jutiapa weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Jutiapa: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very 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 Jalapa (41 km away). In December its highs average 23.4°C, 4.0°C cooler than Jutiapa, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Jutiapa ranks joint 5th of 23 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 23 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 23 cities is 24.1°C; Jutiapa is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.4 mm to 1.6 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
Jutiapa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 2.0 | 0.8 | 11.712 h |
| March | 30.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 9.9 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 36 | 8.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 159 | 20.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 215 | 24.2 | 13.013 h |
| July | 28.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 100 | 17.2 | 12.913 h |
| August | 28.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 140 | 19.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 236 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 181 | 18.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.511 h |
| December, selected | 27.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 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
- Jalapa in DecemberGuatemala · 41 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Santa Ana, El Salvador in DecemberEl Salvador · 49 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 5.3 mm rain
- San José Pinula in DecemberGuatemala · 64 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Chiquimula in DecemberGuatemala · 68 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Villa Canales in DecemberGuatemala · 73 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in DecemberGuatemala · 73 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in DecemberGuatemala · 80 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Apopa in DecemberEl Salvador · 93 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 6.8 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 Jutiapa) is explained once on the Jutiapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.