Climate averages 1991–2020
Colima weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Colima: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, 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 Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez (4 km away). In December its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Colima, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Colima ranks joint 8th 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; Colima is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 22 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
Colima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 22 | 1.4 | 11.111 h |
| February | 30.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 12 | 1.6 | 11.512 h |
| March | 31.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 12 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.9 | 0.9 | 12.613 h |
| May | 32.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 17 | 4.8 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 202 | 20.9 | 13.313 h |
| July | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 178 | 23.6 | 13.213 h |
| August | 28.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 222 | 25.6 | 12.813 h |
| September | 27.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 247 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 135 | 17.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 24 | 4.4 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 29.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 11 | 2.0 | 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
- Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez in DecemberMexico · 4 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Tecomán in DecemberMexico · 40 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in DecemberMexico · 57 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Mexico in DecemberMexico · 68 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Apatzingán in DecemberMexico · 143 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in DecemberMexico · 146 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Ocotlán in DecemberMexico · 158 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Tonalá in DecemberMexico · 161 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 5.7 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 Colima) is explained once on the Colima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.