Jalapa climate

Name: Jalapa
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Jalapa is warmest in April, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. June is the wettest month (224 mm) and February the driest (5.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jalapa averages 1,124 mm of rain and 143 days above 25 °C.

Guatemala · population 159,840 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 27 °C
Coldest month January 13 °C
Driest month February 6 mm
Wettest month June 224 mm
Least cloud March 46 % cloud
Hottest on record March 34 °C
Coldest on record January 6.2 °C

What to expectJalapa through the year

Jalapa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 27 °C in April, a swing of 3.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 143 days a year reach 25 °C, 6 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 224 mm against 6 mm in February — 38 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.6 °C	7 mm	56 %
February	25.2 °C	6 mm	49 %
March	26.6 °C	14 mm	46 %
April	27.5 °C	43 mm	55 %
May	26.2 °C	140 mm	75 %
June	24.6 °C	224 mm	86 %
July	24.4 °C	122 mm	79 %
August	24.7 °C	143 mm	80 %
September	24.3 °C	219 mm	85 %
October	23.5 °C	153 mm	81 %
November	23.0 °C	42 mm	69 %
December	23.2 °C	12 mm	60 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.6 °C	13.5 °C	17.7 °C	29.5 °C	6.2 °C	8	0
February	25.2 °C	13.9 °C	18.7 °C	31.9 °C	8.5 °C	14	0
March	26.6 °C	14.8 °C	19.9 °C	33.6 °C	7.2 °C	23	2
April	27.5 °C	16.3 °C	21.2 °C	33.0 °C	9.6 °C	27	3
May	26.2 °C	17.1 °C	20.9 °C	32.9 °C	11.2 °C	22	1
June	24.6 °C	17.0 °C	20.1 °C	30.2 °C	14.2 °C	11	0
July	24.4 °C	16.6 °C	19.9 °C	28.1 °C	13.0 °C	8	0
August	24.7 °C	16.6 °C	20.0 °C	28.3 °C	13.1 °C	11	0
September	24.3 °C	16.8 °C	19.8 °C	27.6 °C	14.1 °C	8	0
October	23.5 °C	16.3 °C	19.2 °C	27.5 °C	9.0 °C	3	0
November	23.0 °C	14.9 °C	18.3 °C	26.9 °C	7.1 °C	2	0
December	23.2 °C	13.9 °C	17.8 °C	28.7 °C	7.4 °C	5	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	7 mm	2	11 h/day	56 %	76 %	13 km/h
February	6 mm	1	12 h/day	49 %	71 %	14 km/h
March	14 mm	3	12 h/day	46 %	68 %	14 km/h
April	43 mm	8	12 h/day	55 %	69 %	13 km/h
May	140 mm	18	13 h/day	75 %	77 %	11 km/h
June	224 mm	25	13 h/day	86 %	85 %	10 km/h
July	122 mm	20	13 h/day	79 %	83 %	12 km/h
August	143 mm	21	13 h/day	80 %	83 %	12 km/h
September	219 mm	25	12 h/day	85 %	86 %	9.7 km/h
October	153 mm	19	12 h/day	81 %	85 %	9.7 km/h
November	42 mm	7	11 h/day	69 %	82 %	11 km/h
December	12 mm	3	11 h/day	60 %	79 %	12 km/h

How Jalapa compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Jalapa	27 °C	13 °C	1,124 mm	143
Guatemala City · Guatemala	27 °C	13 °C	723 mm	148
Villa Canales · Guatemala	28 °C	15 °C	1,624 mm	270
Villa Nueva · Guatemala	28 °C	14 °C	1,611 mm	220
Mixco · Guatemala	26 °C	12 °C	693 mm	87
Santa Ana · El Salvador	32 °C	19 °C	1,030 mm	356
Escuintla · Guatemala	32 °C	19 °C	2,452 mm	360

Where Jalapa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in North America in January	14thof 50	7.2 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in January	16thof 50	94/100
The driest places in North America in February	16thof 50	5.8 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in February	24thof 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in North America in December	28thof 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in North America in March	30thof 50	90/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Jalapa.

QuestionsCommon questions about Jalapa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jalapa?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, June, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Jalapa get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 6 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Jalapa?

June, averaging 224 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is February with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,124 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Jalapa rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.