Climate averages 1991–2020
Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd 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 Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salina Cruz (34 km away). In December its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza, with 3.8 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza ranks 14th of 153 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza is 5.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.7 mm to 3.4 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
Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 11.311 h |
| February | 29.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 3.0 | 0.9 | 11.612 h |
| March | 31.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 4.4 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 6.7 | 1.8 | 12.512 h |
| May | 33.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 51 | 9.2 | 12.913 h |
| June | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 189 | 17.5 | 13.113 h |
| July | 32.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 107 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| August | 32.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 146 | 15.4 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 195 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 75 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 14 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| December, selected | 28.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 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
- Salina Cruz in DecemberMexico · 34 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Minatitlán in DecemberMexico · 181 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Oaxaca in DecemberMexico · 194 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in DecemberMexico · 200 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Tuxtla in DecemberMexico · 206 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in DecemberMexico · 218 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in DecemberMexico · 247 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 82 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in DecemberMexico · 256 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 18 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 Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza) is explained once on the Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.