Climate averages 1991–2020
Minatitlán weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Minatitlán: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coatzacoalcos (20 km away). In December its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Minatitlán, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Minatitlán ranks joint 36th of 153 for the warmest December highs and 147th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Minatitlán is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 70 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
Minatitlán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 70 | 10.7 | 11.211 h |
| February | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 29.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 21 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.513 h |
| May | 33.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 72 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 249 | 23.6 | 13.213 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 289 | 27.0 | 13.113 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 331 | 27.6 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 334 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 246 | 21.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 15.9 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 25.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 73 | 12.8 | 11.111 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
- Coatzacoalcos in DecemberMexico · 20 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in DecemberMexico · 125 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Paraiso in DecemberMexico · 149 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in DecemberMexico · 166 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Villahermosa in DecemberMexico · 171 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in DecemberMexico · 181 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Tuxtla in DecemberMexico · 206 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Veracruz in DecemberMexico · 213 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 21 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 Minatitlán) is explained once on the Minatitlán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.