Climate averages 1991–2020

Jutiapa weather
in March.

A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.3°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 18.0°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 9.9 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Jutiapa: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 9.9 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jalapa (41 km away). In March its highs average 26.7°C, 3.5°C cooler than Jutiapa, with 12 mm of rain.

Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Jutiapa ranks 5th of 23 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 23 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 23 cities is 27.0°C; Jutiapa is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.9 mm to 36 mm.

The annual picture

March 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	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, selected	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

March 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.