Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Catarina Pinula weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th 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 Santa Catarina Pinula: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José Pinula (10 km away). In December its highs average 21.8°C, 1.9°C cooler than Santa Catarina Pinula, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Santa Catarina Pinula ranks 13th of 23 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 23 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 23 cities is 24.1°C; Santa Catarina Pinula is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 5.9 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
Santa Catarina Pinula climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 5.9 | 1.5 | 11.411 h |
| February | 25.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 6.8 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| March | 26.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 22 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 66 | 12.6 | 12.512 h |
| May | 25.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 227 | 23.1 | 12.813 h |
| June | 24.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 324 | 25.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 24.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 181 | 18.9 | 12.913 h |
| August | 24.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 227 | 21.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 23.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 322 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 226 | 20.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 23.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 48 | 7.2 | 11.511 h |
| December, selected | 23.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 12 | 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
December in nearby cities
- San José Pinula in DecemberGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Villa Canales in DecemberGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Villa Nueva in DecemberGuatemala · 11 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 12 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in DecemberGuatemala · 23 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in DecemberGuatemala · 36 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Escuintla in DecemberGuatemala · 43 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Jalapa in DecemberGuatemala · 55 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in DecemberGuatemala · 62 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 17 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 Santa Catarina Pinula) is explained once on the Santa Catarina Pinula year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Villa Nueva, Villa Canales and San José Pinula lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.