Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuxtla weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 4th 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 Tuxtla: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Cristóbal de las Casas (51 km away). In December its highs average 19.7°C, 7.4°C cooler than Tuxtla, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tuxtla ranks joint 19th of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 83rd of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Tuxtla is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 7.4 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
Tuxtla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 7.4 | 1.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 5.1 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
| March | 31.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 11 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 33 | 7.3 | 12.513 h |
| May | 32.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 158 | 18.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 369 | 26.9 | 13.113 h |
| July | 29.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 294 | 26.0 | 13.013 h |
| August | 29.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 326 | 26.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 341 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 172 | 18.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 45 | 6.5 | 11.411 h |
| December, selected | 27.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.111 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
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in DecemberMexico · 51 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Comitán in DecemberMexico · 119 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Villahermosa in DecemberMexico · 138 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in DecemberMexico · 141 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Paraiso in DecemberMexico · 183 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in DecemberMexico · 206 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Minatitlán in DecemberMexico · 206 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in DecemberMexico · 210 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 95 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 Tuxtla) is explained once on the Tuxtla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.