Climate averages 1991–2020
Panzos weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Panzos: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chiquimula (67 km away). In December its highs average 25.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Panzos, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Panzos ranks joint 8th of 23 for the warmest December highs and 21st of 23 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 23 cities is 24.1°C; Panzos is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 129 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
Panzos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 129 | 16.4 | 11.311 h |
| February | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 77 | 13.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 29.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 82 | 12.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 85 | 12.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 31.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 170 | 20.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 278 | 28.0 | 13.013 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 251 | 29.4 | 12.913 h |
| August | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 232 | 28.7 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 277 | 28.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 275 | 25.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 209 | 19.6 | 11.411 h |
| December, selected | 25.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 141 | 18.0 | 11.211 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
- Chiquimula in DecemberGuatemala · 67 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Cobán in DecemberGuatemala · 79 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Jalapa in DecemberGuatemala · 93 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in DecemberGuatemala · 118 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 243 mm rain
- San José Pinula in DecemberGuatemala · 126 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Jutiapa in DecemberGuatemala · 127 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in DecemberGuatemala · 130 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 12 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in DecemberGuatemala · 132 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 13 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 Panzos) is explained once on the Panzos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.