Climate averages 1991–2020
San Juan Sacatepéquez weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in San Juan Sacatepéquez: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chimaltenango (20 km away). In January its highs average 22.5°C, about as warm as San Juan Sacatepéquez, with 6.3 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, San Juan Sacatepéquez ranks joint 16th of 23 for the warmest January highs and joint 7th of 23 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 23 cities is 24.6°C; San Juan Sacatepéquez is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.3 mm to 5.1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
San Juan Sacatepéquez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 6.3 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| February | 23.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 25.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 15 | 3.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 51 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| May | 24.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 132 | 17.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 221 | 23.9 | 13.013 h |
| July | 22.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 116 | 17.3 | 12.913 h |
| August | 23.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 136 | 19.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 204 | 24.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 152 | 19.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 21.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 41 | 7.1 | 11.511 h |
| December | 21.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 13 | 2.8 | 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
- Chimaltenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 20 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in JanuaryGuatemala · 22 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in JanuaryGuatemala · 23 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Villa Canales in JanuaryGuatemala · 29 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 5.9 mm rain
- San José Pinula in JanuaryGuatemala · 31 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Escuintla in JanuaryGuatemala · 49 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Chichicastenango in JanuaryGuatemala · 56 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in JanuaryGuatemala · 59 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 7.7 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 San Juan Sacatepéquez) is explained once on the San Juan Sacatepéquez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Chimaltenango lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.