Climate averages 1991–2020
Guadalajara weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd 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 Guadalajara: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zapopan (6 km away). In December its highs average 24.1°C, about as warm as Guadalajara, with 8.2 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Guadalajara ranks joint 43rd of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 42nd of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Guadalajara is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.1 mm to 17 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
Guadalajara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 17 | 2.2 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 12 | 1.7 | 11.511 h |
| March | 29.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 7.1 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 12.613 h |
| May | 32.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 18 | 4.3 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 134 | 18.3 | 13.413 h |
| July | 26.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 208 | 24.9 | 13.313 h |
| August | 26.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 181 | 24.1 | 12.813 h |
| September | 25.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 157 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 53 | 8.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 13 | 2.3 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 24.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 7.1 | 1.3 | 10.911 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
- Zapopan in DecemberMexico · 6 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in DecemberMexico · 7 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Tonalá in DecemberMexico · 13 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in DecemberMexico · 18 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Tepatitlán de Morelos in DecemberMexico · 63 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Ocotlán in DecemberMexico · 70 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in DecemberMexico · 109 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in DecemberMexico · 135 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 8.6 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 Guadalajara) is explained once on the Guadalajara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Tlaquepaque lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.