Climate averages 1991–2020
Comitán weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 4th 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 Comitán: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 10 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 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Cristóbal de las Casas (76 km away). In December its highs average 19.7°C, 2.7°C cooler than Comitán, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Comitán ranks 75th of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 64th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Comitán is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to 6.5 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
Comitán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.5 | 1.2 | 11.311 h |
| February | 24.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| March | 26.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 8.8 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 35 | 6.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 26.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 154 | 16.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 23.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 288 | 22.7 | 13.113 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 127 | 13.7 | 13.013 h |
| August | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 222 | 17.3 | 12.713 h |
| September | 23.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 355 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 218 | 17.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 42 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| December, selected | 22.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 10 | 1.8 | 11.211 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
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in DecemberMexico · 76 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Tuxtla in DecemberMexico · 119 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in DecemberGuatemala · 125 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Malacatán in DecemberGuatemala · 148 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Tapachula in DecemberMexico · 149 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Quetzaltenango in DecemberGuatemala · 169 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Totonicapán in DecemberGuatemala · 169 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Santa Cruz del Quiché in DecemberGuatemala · 171 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 17 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 Comitán) is explained once on the Comitán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.