Climate averages 1991–2020
Paraiso 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 Paraiso: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cárdenas, Mexico (48 km away). In December its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Paraiso, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Paraiso ranks joint 19th of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 144th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Paraiso is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 59 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
Paraiso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 59 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 31.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 23 | 4.5 | 12.513 h |
| May | 34.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 50 | 8.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 32.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 156 | 18.5 | 13.213 h |
| July | 32.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 103 | 15.7 | 13.113 h |
| August | 32.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 158 | 20.8 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 244 | 25.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 213 | 19.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 115 | 13.9 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 27.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 66 | 9.8 | 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
- Cárdenas, Mexico in DecemberMexico · 48 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Villahermosa in DecemberMexico · 55 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in DecemberMexico · 133 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Ciudad del Carmen in DecemberMexico · 148 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Minatitlán in DecemberMexico · 149 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Tuxtla in DecemberMexico · 183 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 13 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in DecemberMexico · 196 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Comitán in DecemberMexico · 266 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 10 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 Paraiso) is explained once on the Paraiso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.