Climate averages 1991–2020

Jutiapa weather
in January.

A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 27.7°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 16.5°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 1.6 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Jutiapa: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jalapa (41 km away). In January its highs average 23.8°C, 4.0°C cooler than Jutiapa, with 6.1 mm of rain.

Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Jutiapa ranks joint 6th of 23 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 23 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 23 cities is 24.6°C; Jutiapa is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.6 mm to 2.0 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

Jutiapa climate table

1991–2020

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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Jutiapa

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 Jutiapa) is explained once on the Jutiapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.