Climate averages 1991–2020
Orizaba weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Orizaba: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Córdoba, Mexico (19 km away). In December its highs average 20.9°C, about as warm as Orizaba, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Orizaba ranks joint 99th of 153 for the warmest December highs and 151st of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Orizaba is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 111 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
Orizaba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 111 | 15.8 | 11.111 h |
| February | 22.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 97 | 13.1 | 11.512 h |
| March | 23.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 151 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 192 | 18.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 25.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 211 | 21.0 | 13.013 h |
| June | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 227 | 23.0 | 13.213 h |
| July | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 145 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| August | 24.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 142 | 19.9 | 12.813 h |
| September | 24.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 204 | 23.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 192 | 20.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 21.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 140 | 16.7 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 20.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 93 | 14.6 | 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
- Córdoba, Mexico in DecemberMexico · 19 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Tehuacán in DecemberMexico · 53 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Xalapa de Enríquez in DecemberMexico · 78 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in DecemberMexico · 102 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Veracruz in DecemberMexico · 107 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Teziutlan in DecemberMexico · 111 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Puebla in DecemberMexico · 119 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Cholula in DecemberMexico · 129 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 5.2 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 Orizaba) is explained once on the Orizaba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.