Climate averages 1991–2020
Cárdenas, Mexico weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Cárdenas, Mexico: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villahermosa (46 km away). In December its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Cárdenas, Mexico, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cárdenas, Mexico ranks 23rd of 153 for the warmest December highs and 149th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Cárdenas, Mexico is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 81 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
Cárdenas, Mexico climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 81 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 50 | 7.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 30.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 31 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 39 | 6.4 | 12.513 h |
| May | 34.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 84 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 32.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 208 | 21.1 | 13.213 h |
| July | 32.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 164 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| August | 31.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 227 | 24.0 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 289 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 243 | 21.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 134 | 15.2 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 26.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 82 | 11.8 | 11.111 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
- Villahermosa in DecemberMexico · 46 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Paraiso in DecemberMexico · 48 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in DecemberMexico · 114 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Minatitlán in DecemberMexico · 125 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Tuxtla in DecemberMexico · 141 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 13 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in DecemberMexico · 162 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Ciudad del Carmen in DecemberMexico · 178 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Comitán in DecemberMexico · 236 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 10 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 Cárdenas) is explained once on the Cárdenas, Mexico year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.