Climate averages 1991–2020
La Paz, Mexico weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 7th 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 La Paz, Mexico: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José del Cabo (136 km away). In December its highs average 26.2°C, 2.4°C warmer than La Paz, Mexico, with 9.2 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, La Paz, Mexico ranks joint 55th of 153 for the warmest December highs and 61st of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; La Paz, Mexico is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.6 mm to 8.1 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
La Paz, Mexico climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 8.1 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 6.9 | 1.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 31.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 33.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 13.614 h |
| July | 34.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 11 | 2.5 | 13.513 h |
| August | 34.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 27 | 6.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 32.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 61 | 6.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 11 | 1.1 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 23.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 9.6 | 1.1 | 10.711 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 José del Cabo in DecemberMexico · 136 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Cabo San Lucas in DecemberMexico · 145 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Los Mochis in DecemberMexico · 226 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Guasave in DecemberMexico · 244 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Guamúchil in DecemberMexico · 269 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 12.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Culiacán in DecemberMexico · 304 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Navojoa in DecemberMexico · 337 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Ciudad Obregón in DecemberMexico · 374 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 11.0°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 La Paz) is explained once on the La Paz, Mexico year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.