Climate averages 1991–2020
Playa del Carmen weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Playa del Carmen: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cozumel (20 km away). In December its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as Playa del Carmen, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Playa del Carmen ranks joint 25th of 153 for the warmest December highs and 141st of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Playa del Carmen is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 55 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
Playa del Carmen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 55 | 10.5 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 27 | 6.5 | 11.511 h |
| March | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 27 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 32 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 82 | 11.6 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.4°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 154 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 80 | 14.1 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 99 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 166 | 21.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 188 | 19.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 84 | 11.9 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 26.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 54 | 10.6 | 10.911 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
- Cozumel in DecemberMexico · 20 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Cancún in DecemberMexico · 65 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Kanasín in DecemberMexico · 260 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Mérida in DecemberMexico · 267 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Chetumal in DecemberMexico · 267 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Campeche in DecemberMexico · 369 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in DecemberCuba · 403 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Belmopan in DecemberBelize · 415 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 76 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 Playa del Carmen) is explained once on the Playa del Carmen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.