Climate averages 1991–2020
Poza Rica de Hidalgo weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Poza Rica de Hidalgo: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano (48 km away). In December its highs average 23.4°C, about as warm as Poza Rica de Hidalgo, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Poza Rica de Hidalgo ranks 54th of 153 for the warmest December highs and 140th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Poza Rica de Hidalgo is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 51 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
Poza Rica de Hidalgo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 51 | 9.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 24.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 47 | 7.9 | 11.511 h |
| March | 27.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 73 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 100 | 12.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 173 | 20.7 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 160 | 22.6 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 168 | 23.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 251 | 23.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 212 | 15.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 112 | 11.8 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 23.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 53 | 9.4 | 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
- Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano in DecemberMexico · 48 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Teziutlan in DecemberMexico · 80 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Xalapa de Enríquez in DecemberMexico · 125 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Pachuca de Soto in DecemberMexico · 141 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Tlaxcala in DecemberMexico · 158 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 7.2°C · 7.8 mm rain
- San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida in DecemberMexico · 173 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in DecemberMexico · 176 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Puebla in DecemberMexico · 183 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 7.8°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 Poza Rica de Hidalgo) is explained once on the Poza Rica de Hidalgo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.