Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad del Carmen weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Ciudad del Carmen: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villahermosa (138 km away). In December its highs average 27.2°C, 1.2°C warmer than Ciudad del Carmen, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Ciudad del Carmen ranks joint 28th of 153 for the warmest December highs and 138th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Ciudad del Carmen is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 44 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
Ciudad del Carmen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 44 | 7.6 | 11.111 h |
| February | 27.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 27 | 4.3 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 17 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 45 | 6.2 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 173 | 16.6 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 87 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 151 | 18.3 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 226 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 208 | 19.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 101 | 12.1 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 26.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 49 | 7.7 | 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
- Villahermosa in DecemberMexico · 138 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Paraiso in DecemberMexico · 148 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in DecemberMexico · 178 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Campeche in DecemberMexico · 191 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 22 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in DecemberMexico · 230 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Tuxtla in DecemberMexico · 251 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Comitán in DecemberMexico · 269 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in DecemberMexico · 281 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 95 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 Ciudad del Carmen) is explained once on the Ciudad del Carmen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.