Climate averages 1991–2020
Salina Cruz weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Salina Cruz: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza (34 km away). In December its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Salina Cruz, with 3.7 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Salina Cruz ranks joint 8th of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Salina Cruz is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.8 mm to 3.0 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
Salina Cruz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| February | 29.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 6.2 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| May | 32.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 67 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| June | 31.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 233 | 17.7 | 13.113 h |
| July | 31.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 122 | 11.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 31.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 163 | 14.5 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 206 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 84 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 15 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| December, selected | 29.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 11.211 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
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in DecemberMexico · 34 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Oaxaca in DecemberMexico · 191 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Minatitlán in DecemberMexico · 214 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Tuxtla in DecemberMexico · 231 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in DecemberMexico · 233 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in DecemberMexico · 235 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 87 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in DecemberMexico · 279 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in DecemberMexico · 280 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 82 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 Salina Cruz) is explained once on the Salina Cruz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.