Climate averages 1991–2020
Zapopan weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd 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 Zapopan: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guadalajara (6 km away). In December its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Zapopan, with 7.1 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Zapopan ranks joint 47th of 153 for the warmest December highs and 52nd of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Zapopan is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.2 mm to 19 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
Zapopan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.511 h |
| March | 28.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 6.6 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 4.4 | 1.1 | 12.613 h |
| May | 32.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 14 | 3.6 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 130 | 18.2 | 13.413 h |
| July | 26.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 220 | 25.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 26.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 197 | 25.1 | 12.813 h |
| September | 25.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 168 | 20.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 59 | 9.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 14 | 2.4 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 24.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 8.2 | 1.4 | 10.911 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
- Guadalajara in DecemberMexico · 6 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in DecemberMexico · 13 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Tonalá in DecemberMexico · 19 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in DecemberMexico · 23 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Tepatitlán de Morelos in DecemberMexico · 66 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Ocotlán in DecemberMexico · 76 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in DecemberMexico · 113 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in DecemberMexico · 141 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 8.6 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 Zapopan) is explained once on the Zapopan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.