Climate averages 1991–2020
Uruapan weather
in December.
A warm, fairly 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 Uruapan: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Apatzingán (48 km away). In December its highs average 30.8°C, 7.4°C warmer than Uruapan, with 4.9 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Uruapan ranks joint 59th of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 118th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Uruapan is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 43 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
Uruapan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 43 | 6.2 | 11.111 h |
| February | 24.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 40 | 5.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 38 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 31 | 7.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 145 | 17.1 | 13.013 h |
| June | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 280 | 26.2 | 13.313 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 340 | 29.9 | 13.213 h |
| August | 24.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 335 | 29.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 23.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 311 | 27.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 166 | 19.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 59 | 9.4 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 23.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 26 | 4.7 | 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
- Apatzingán in DecemberMexico · 48 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in DecemberMexico · 67 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Morelia in DecemberMexico · 97 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 12 mm rain
- La Piedad de Cabadas in DecemberMexico · 103 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Ocotlán in DecemberMexico · 128 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in DecemberMexico · 151 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Salamanca, Mexico in DecemberMexico · 157 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Irapuato in DecemberMexico · 158 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 3.8 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 Uruapan) is explained once on the Uruapan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.