Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz del Quiché weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th 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 mild month in Santa Cruz del Quiché: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chichicastenango (10 km away). In December its highs average 20.0°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz del Quiché, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Santa Cruz del Quiché ranks 21st of 23 for the warmest December highs and joint 12th of 23 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 23 cities is 24.1°C; Santa Cruz del Quiché is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 8.9 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 Cruz del Quiché climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 8.9 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| February | 22.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 23.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 23 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 60 | 9.9 | 12.512 h |
| May | 23.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 175 | 19.4 | 12.813 h |
| June | 21.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 281 | 25.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 153 | 21.1 | 12.913 h |
| August | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 186 | 22.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 21.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 264 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 20.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 183 | 20.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 19.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 11.411 h |
| December, selected | 19.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 17 | 3.7 | 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
- Chichicastenango in DecemberGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Totonicapán in DecemberGuatemala · 26 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in DecemberGuatemala · 45 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in DecemberGuatemala · 47 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in DecemberGuatemala · 54 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 13 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in DecemberGuatemala · 64 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Mazatenango in DecemberGuatemala · 67 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in DecemberGuatemala · 78 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 Cruz del Quiché) is explained once on the Santa Cruz del Quiché year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Totonicapán lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.