Climate averages 1991–2020
Apatzingán weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Apatzingán: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uruapan (48 km away). In December its highs average 23.4°C, 7.4°C cooler than Apatzingán, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Apatzingán ranks 2nd of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 16th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Apatzingán is 8.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.9 mm to 14 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
Apatzingán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 14 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 33.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 8.0 | 0.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 35.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 7.5 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 37.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 13 | 3.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 32.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 119 | 18.8 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 144 | 22.7 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 154 | 23.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 156 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 77 | 13.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 31.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 20 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 30.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 4.9 | 0.8 | 11.011 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
- Uruapan in DecemberMexico · 48 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in DecemberMexico · 100 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas in DecemberMexico · 126 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in DecemberMexico · 135 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Morelia in DecemberMexico · 141 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Colima in DecemberMexico · 143 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 11 mm rain
- La Piedad de Cabadas in DecemberMexico · 144 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez in DecemberMexico · 146 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.4°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 Apatzingán) is explained once on the Apatzingán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.