Climate averages 1991–2020
Villa Canales weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 8th 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 Villa Canales: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th 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 Villa Nueva (7 km away). In December its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Villa Canales, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Villa Canales ranks 10th 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; Villa Canales is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 25.9°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
Villa Canales climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 5.9 | 1.5 | 11.411 h |
| February | 27.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 6.8 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| March | 28.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 22 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 66 | 12.6 | 12.512 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 227 | 23.1 | 12.813 h |
| June | 25.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 324 | 25.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 25.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 181 | 18.9 | 12.913 h |
| August | 26.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 227 | 21.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 322 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 226 | 20.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 24.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 48 | 7.2 | 11.511 h |
| December, selected | 25.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°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
- Villa Nueva in DecemberGuatemala · 7 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Santa Catarina Pinula in DecemberGuatemala · 10 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 12 mm rain
- San José Pinula in DecemberGuatemala · 15 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 12 mm rain
- San Juan Sacatepéquez in DecemberGuatemala · 29 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Escuintla in DecemberGuatemala · 34 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Chimaltenango in DecemberGuatemala · 37 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in DecemberGuatemala · 55 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Jalapa in DecemberGuatemala · 61 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 11 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 Villa Canales) is explained once on the Villa Canales year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Villa Nueva, Santa Catarina Pinula 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.