Climate averages 1991–2020
Chihuahua weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Chihuahua: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 8.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Delicias (78 km away). In December its highs average 19.4°C, 1.5°C warmer than Chihuahua, with 7.9 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Chihuahua ranks joint 143rd of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 55th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Chihuahua is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.6 mm to 11 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
Chihuahua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 11 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
| February | 20.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 7.0 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 7.1 | 1.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 31.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 13 | 2.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 33.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 20 | 4.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 65 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 65 | 9.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 57 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 21 | 3.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 21.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 15 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 17.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 8.6 | 1.8 | 10.410 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
- Ciudad Delicias in DecemberMexico · 78 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Cuauhtémoc in DecemberMexico · 80 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Hidalgo del Parral in DecemberMexico · 194 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in DecemberMexico · 345 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 18 mm rain
- El Paso in DecemberUnited States · 349 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Navojoa in DecemberMexico · 373 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Ciudad Obregón in DecemberMexico · 399 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Guamúchil in DecemberMexico · 404 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 12.8°C · 22 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 Chihuahua) is explained once on the Chihuahua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.