Climate averages 1991–2020
Tepic weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 6th 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 Tepic: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puerto Vallarta (105 km away). In December its highs average 28.5°C, 3.2°C warmer than Tepic, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tepic ranks 40th of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 125th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Tepic is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 30 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
Tepic climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 30 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 27 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 10 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 13 | 2.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 170 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 329 | 29.1 | 13.313 h |
| August | 27.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 393 | 30.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 27.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 357 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 144 | 16.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 36 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 25.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 31 | 3.1 | 10.811 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
- Puerto Vallarta in DecemberMexico · 105 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Zapopan in DecemberMexico · 179 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Guadalajara in DecemberMexico · 185 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in DecemberMexico · 192 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in DecemberMexico · 192 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Tonalá in DecemberMexico · 198 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Tepatitlán de Morelos in DecemberMexico · 234 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Mazatlán in DecemberMexico · 247 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 9.3 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 Tepic) is explained once on the Tepic year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.