Climate and average weather in San Pablo Jocopilas

In San Pablo Jocopilas, the weather is humid, hot, wet, and mostly clear and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around September.

Best: early January to early March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in San Pablo Jocopilas typically varies from 20°C to 31°C, and is rarely below 18°C or above 34°C. March is the hottest month of the year, while October is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit San Pablo Jocopilas for warm-weather activities are from early January to early March and late November to late December.

Hottest
Mar
31°
Coldest
Oct
22°
Wettest
Sep
542 mm
Driest
Feb
17 mm
Rain / yr
3244 mm
250 wet days
Daylight
11.1–12.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
661 m
14.6°N
Clearest
Jan
27% cloud

San Pablo Jocopilas weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to early March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in San Pablo Jocopilas, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in San Pablo Jocopilas stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is March, with an average high of 31°C and low of 21°C; the coolest is October, with an average low of 22°C and high of 28°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in February.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3020
Feb3120
Mar3121
Apr3122
May3022
Jun2922
Jul2922
Aug2922
Sep2922
Oct2822
Nov2921
Dec2920

How hot and cold San Pablo Jocopilas really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, San Pablo Jocopilas feels like about 34°C (around May 2). About 180 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in May.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan31302020
Feb32312020
Mar33312121
Apr34312222
May33302222
Jun32292222
Jul32292222
Aug32292222
Sep32292222
Oct31282222
Nov31292121
Dec30292020

Average hourly temperature in San Pablo Jocopilas

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on March afternoons, near 31°C, and coldest before dawn in October, near 22°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

San Pablo Jocopilas weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 20°22611.26.0
Feb31° / 20°175.211.55.4
Mar31° / 21°5310.911.94.5
Apr31° / 22°13317.912.33.6
May30° / 22°43828.512.72.9
Jun29° / 22°4332912.82.9
Jul29° / 22°36630.112.82.9
Aug29° / 22°45230.612.52.9
Sep29° / 22°54229.512.12.9
Oct28° / 22°54129.811.73.1
Nov29° / 21°2072211.34.2
Dec29° / 20°411011.25.9

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

San Pablo Jocopilas gets about 3244 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.9 months, from around Apr 23 to Nov 19, peaking in September at about 99% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 31.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 542 mm over about 30 wet days; February is the driest, with 17 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 25 · 99%Jan 31 · 17%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan206
Feb195
Mar3511
Apr6018
May9029
Jun9729
Jul9730
Aug9831
Sep9930
Oct9630
Nov7222
Dec3310

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, San Pablo Jocopilas collects about 3244 mm of rain across 250 wet days — roughly 270 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 542 mm, while February is the driest at just 17 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 47% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec22175313343843336645254254120741
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan226
Feb175
Mar5311
Apr13318
May43829
Jun43329
Jul36630
Aug45231
Sep54230
Oct54130
Nov20722
Dec4110

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In San Pablo Jocopilas, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around November 5 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around April 28. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 92% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 29 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around November 4. The cloudiest month is September, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 94% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 23 · 93%Sep 20 · 5%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan928
Feb919
Mar8515
Apr6535
May2377
Jun991
Jul1387
Aug1288
Sep694
Oct1981
Nov6238
Dec8812

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 13, brings about 12 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 11 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.26:385:52
Feb11.56:356:06
Mar11.96:196:12
Apr12.35:566:16
May12.75:426:22
Jun12.85:406:32
Jul12.85:486:35
Aug12.55:556:25
Sep12.15:586:03
Oct11.76:015:41
Nov11.36:125:30
Dec11.26:285:36

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

San Pablo Jocopilas averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 25 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.2 months, from around Nov 12 to Apr 17. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 24 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is September, down near 0 sunny days — about 99% fewer than the January peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJan 2225 daysSep 190 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan25Brilliant
Feb22Brilliant
Mar18Bright
Apr10Mixed
May3Gloomy
Jun1Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep0Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov11Mixed
Dec22Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

San Pablo Jocopilas is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is May, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 99% of the time. Even in February, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 10% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 10 · 12%May 4 · 0%muggyoppressivehumidcomfortablecomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan17484310
Feb19533610
Mar04315680
Apr01852390
May00112851
Jun0007930
Jul0005940
Aug0006940
Sep0009910
Oct00012880
Nov00441550
Dec022263130

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in San Pablo Jocopilas is steady company: average speeds sit near 4 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmFeb 15 · 5 km/hOct 17 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar5calm
Apr4calm
May4calm
Jun4calm
Jul4calm
Aug4calm
Sep4calm
Oct4calm
Nov4calm
Dec5calm

Hazard calendar for San Pablo Jocopilas

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

San Pablo Jocopilas sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

San Pablo Jocopilas's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit San Pablo Jocopilas

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in San Pablo Jocopilas throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late February, San Pablo Jocopilas is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit San Pablo Jocopilas for general outdoor tourist activities is from late November to early March, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 1 · 6.1

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan6.0good
Feb5.4fair
Mar4.5fair
Apr3.6fair
May2.9poor
Jun2.9poor
Jul2.9poor
Aug2.9poor
Sep2.9poor
Oct3.2poor
Nov4.3fair
Dec5.9good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit San Pablo Jocopilas for hot-weather activities is from early December to late March, with a peak score in the third week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 16 · 8.2

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for San Pablo Jocopilas, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

San Pablo Jocopilas packs about the same all year — highs hold near 31°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In March, San Pablo Jocopilas sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

Sea temperature near San Pablo Jocopilas

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 55 km away) is warmest in July at about 30°C and coldest in February near 29°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index (midday) in San Pablo Jocopilas by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Pablo Jocopilas peaks around March 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 21UV 12Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Average hourly UV index in San Pablo Jocopilas

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan74.5
Feb7.55.5
Mar86
Apr86
May86
Jun86
Jul86
Aug85.5
Sep7.55.5
Oct75
Nov6.54
Dec6.53.5

Air quality in San Pablo Jocopilas by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in San Pablo Jocopilas is worst in December — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (June, 28 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorDec 2145 µg/m³Jun 2228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan44Poor
Feb45Poor
Mar41Poor
Apr44Poor
May40Poor
Jun28Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov37Poor
Dec45Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

San Pablo Jocopilas is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. San Pablo Jocopilas banks about 5,622 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan462
Feb438
Mar503
Apr495
May495
Jun464
Jul478
Aug476
Sep453
Oct462
Nov444
Dec452

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

San Pablo Jocopilas receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.3 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.1 months, from around Jan 20 to May 23. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is October, down near 4.4 kWh/m² — roughly 28% less than the April peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 96.2 kWhOct 104.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.2Bright
Feb5.7Bright
Mar6.0Intense
Apr6.2Intense
May5.5Bright
Jun5.1Bright
Jul5.5Bright
Aug5.3Bright
Sep4.7Bright
Oct4.4Bright
Nov4.7Bright
Dec5.0Bright

Where is San Pablo Jocopilas?

San Pablo Jocopilas sits at 14.6°N, 91.5°W, 661 m above sea level, in Guatemala. The nearest listed city is San Francisco Zapotitlán, 7.0 km away.

Topography around San Pablo Jocopilas

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San Pablo Jocopilas.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Pablo Jocopilas has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 380 m around an average of 667 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,359 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,178 m.

The land around San Pablo Jocopilas is covered by trees (86%) within 3 km, trees (84%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) within 80 km.

3 km
380 m
16 km
3,359 m
80 km
4,178 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
Nearby: San Francisco Zapotitlán 7.0 km · Mazatenango 8.0 km · Chicacao 14 km · El Palmar 15 km · San Felipe 16 km · San Sebastián 21 km · Santiago Atitlán 25 km · Cantel 25 km

Guatemala travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 43% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,598
2025
Happiness
6.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
49%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
23.4
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
22.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 510
Religion
Evangelical 46%Roman Catholic 42%none 11%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for San Pablo Jocopilas (14.5888°, -91.4519°, elevation 661 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).