Climate averages 1991–2020
Manzanillo, Mexico weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest 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 hot month in Manzanillo, Mexico: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 4th 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 Tecomán (54 km away). In December its highs average 29.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Manzanillo, Mexico, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Manzanillo, Mexico ranks joint 11th 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; Manzanillo, Mexico is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 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
Manzanillo, Mexico climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 22 | 1.1 | 11.111 h |
| February | 28.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 13 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 8.6 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 7.1 | 1.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 142 | 15.5 | 13.313 h |
| July | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 169 | 21.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 223 | 23.1 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 283 | 23.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 146 | 15.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 26 | 3.4 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 10 | 1.4 | 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
- Tecomán in DecemberMexico · 54 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez in DecemberMexico · 66 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Colima in DecemberMexico · 68 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in DecemberMexico · 113 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in DecemberMexico · 185 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Puerto Vallarta in DecemberMexico · 191 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in DecemberMexico · 202 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Guadalajara in DecemberMexico · 202 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 7.1 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 Manzanillo) is explained once on the Manzanillo, Mexico year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.