Climate averages 1991–2020
Tehuacán weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Tehuacán: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orizaba (53 km away). In December its highs average 20.7°C, 1.5°C cooler than Tehuacán, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tehuacán ranks joint 76th of 153 for the warmest December highs and 21st of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Tehuacán is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.5 mm to 7.1 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
Tehuacán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 7.1 | 1.5 | 11.211 h |
| February | 24.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 7.7 | 1.8 | 11.512 h |
| March | 26.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 19 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 49 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 100 | 15.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 24.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 143 | 16.2 | 13.213 h |
| July | 24.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 74 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| August | 24.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 83 | 12.2 | 12.813 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 121 | 15.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 65 | 10.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 22.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 22.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 5.5 | 1.2 | 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
- Orizaba in DecemberMexico · 53 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Córdoba, Mexico in DecemberMexico · 68 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in DecemberMexico · 94 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Puebla in DecemberMexico · 107 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Cholula in DecemberMexico · 116 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Atlixco in DecemberMexico · 120 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Xalapa de Enríquez in DecemberMexico · 129 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Tlaxcala in DecemberMexico · 130 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 7.2°C · 7.8 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 Tehuacán) is explained once on the Tehuacán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.