Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 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 11 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Apatzingán (126 km away). In December its highs average 30.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, with 4.9 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas ranks 4th of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 71st of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas is 7.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 21 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 Lázaro Cárdenas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 21 | 1.2 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 7.0 | 0.5 | 11.512 h |
| March | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.2 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.5 | 0.0 | 12.513 h |
| May | 31.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 12 | 2.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 168 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 184 | 18.5 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 254 | 20.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 333 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 195 | 20.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 29.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 11 | 1.8 | 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
- Apatzingán in DecemberMexico · 126 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Uruapan in DecemberMexico · 162 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Tecomán in DecemberMexico · 206 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Colima in DecemberMexico · 214 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez in DecemberMexico · 218 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Morelia in DecemberMexico · 221 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in DecemberMexico · 225 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in DecemberMexico · 235 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.1°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 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas) is explained once on the Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.