Climate averages 1991–2020
Morelia weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 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 Morelia: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heróica Zitácuaro (92 km away). In December its highs average 21.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Morelia, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Morelia ranks joint 76th of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 76th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Morelia is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 19 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
Morelia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 19 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| February | 24.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 2.9 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 17 | 4.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 56 | 11.5 | 13.113 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 116 | 18.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 126 | 22.9 | 13.213 h |
| August | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 115 | 21.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 22.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 115 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 55 | 10.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 22.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 22.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 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
- Heróica Zitácuaro in DecemberMexico · 92 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Salamanca, Mexico in DecemberMexico · 97 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Uruapan in DecemberMexico · 97 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Celaya in DecemberMexico · 99 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Irapuato in DecemberMexico · 109 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- La Piedad de Cabadas in DecemberMexico · 113 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in DecemberMexico · 119 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 8.6 mm rain
- El Pueblito in DecemberMexico · 121 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 4.1 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 Morelia) is explained once on the Morelia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.