Agua Prieta weather in December

In December, Agua Prieta sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 29 mm of precipitation across 4.5 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of December to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Agua Prieta's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Agua Prieta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 29 mm; 4.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 7:15 AM – 5:14 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 8th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Agua Prieta is municipal seat of Agua Prieta, State of Sonora, Mexico.

Air quality: Elevated; PM10 50.4 µg/m³ · 2010
Founded: 1899

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical December day in Agua Prieta reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	4
2	18	4
3	18	4
4	17	4
5	17	3
6	17	3
7	17	3
8	17	3
9	17	3
10	17	3
11	17	3
12	16	3
13	16	3
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	16	2
17	16	2
18	16	2
19	16	2
20	16	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	2
28	15	2
29	15	2
30	15	2
31	16	2

How December really feels in Agua Prieta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 19 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Agua Prieta weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 2°	27	3.5	10.2	6.4
Feb	19° / 4°	24	3.7	10.9	7.2
Mar	22° / 7°	15	3	11.8	8.3
Apr	26° / 10°	5	1.3	12.7	8.5
May	31° / 14°	5	1.2	13.6	6.0
Jun	35° / 19°	9	2.1	14	3.1
Jul	34° / 21°	50	10.4	13.8	3.0
Aug	33° / 20°	46	11	13.1	3.8
Sep	31° / 18°	30	5.1	12.2	5.3
Oct	27° / 12°	18	3.2	11.2	8.0
Nov	21° / 6°	21	2.4	10.4	8.1
Dec	16° / 2°	29	4.5	10	6.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	72	72	72	72	72	71	70	70	69	69	68	68	68	68	67	67
Cloudier (%)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	28	28	28	28	28	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	67	33
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Agua Prieta gets around 29 mm of rain and snow over 4.5 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 14% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	12	0
2	13	0
3	13	0
4	13	0
5	14	0
6	14	0
7	14	0
8	14	0
9	15	0
10	15	0
11	15	0
12	15	0
13	15	0
14	15	1
15	15	1
16	15	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	1
20	15	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	14	2
27	14	2
28	14	2
29	13	2
30	13	2
31	13	2

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of December to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:05 AM to 7:22 AM, and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:21 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:22
Sunset (PM)	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	7:05	5:11
2	10.1	7:05	5:11
3	10.1	7:06	5:11
4	10.1	7:07	5:11
5	10.1	7:08	5:11
6	10.0	7:08	5:11
7	10.0	7:09	5:11
8	10.0	7:10	5:12
9	10.0	7:11	5:12
10	10.0	7:11	5:12
11	10.0	7:12	5:12
12	10.0	7:13	5:12
13	10.0	7:13	5:13
14	10.0	7:14	5:13
15	10.0	7:15	5:13
16	10.0	7:15	5:14
17	10.0	7:16	5:14
18	10.0	7:16	5:14
19	10.0	7:17	5:15
20	10.0	7:17	5:15
21	10.0	7:18	5:15
22	10.0	7:18	5:16
23	10.0	7:19	5:16
24	10.0	7:19	5:17
25	10.0	7:20	5:17
26	10.0	7:20	5:18
27	10.0	7:20	5:19
28	10.0	7:21	5:19
29	10.0	7:21	5:20
30	10.0	7:21	5:20
31	10.0	7:22	5:21

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.5 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.5 kWh/m² to a high of 8.26 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 3.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Agua Prieta?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.1

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Agua Prieta for sightseeing.

What to pack for Agua Prieta in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Agua Prieta sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Agua Prieta in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Agua Prieta peaks around June 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	5	8	10	10	12	12	12	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	10	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Agua Prieta?

Agua Prieta sits at 31.3°N, 109.5°W, 1,219 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Douglas, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Agua Prieta

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Agua Prieta.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Agua Prieta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 1,220 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 665 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,202 m.

The land around Agua Prieta is covered by artificial surfaces (67%) within 3 km, shrubs (76%) within 16 km, and shrubs (65%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

84 m

artificial surfaces 67%

16 km

665 m

shrubs 76%

80 km

2,202 m

shrubs 65%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← November Agua Prieta year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Douglas 2.0 km · Sierra Vista 77 km · Cananea 81 km · Nogales 132 km · Nogales 133 km · Vail 137 km · Rio Rico 137 km · Green Valley 150 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 54% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,889; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 43%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 440
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Agua Prieta (31.3224°, -109.5425°, elevation 1,219 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	4
2	18	4
3	18	4
4	17	4
5	17	3
6	17	3
7	17	3
8	17	3
9	17	3
10	17	3
11	17	3
12	16	3
13	16	3
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	16	2
17	16	2
18	16	2
19	16	2
20	16	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	2
28	15	2
29	15	2
30	15	2
31	16	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	12	0
2	13	0
3	13	0
4	13	0
5	14	0
6	14	0
7	14	0
8	14	0
9	15	0
10	15	0
11	15	0
12	15	0
13	15	0
14	15	1
15	15	1
16	15	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	1
20	15	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	14	2
27	14	2
28	14	2
29	13	2
30	13	2
31	13	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	4
2	18	4
3	18	4
4	17	4
5	17	3
6	17	3
7	17	3
8	17	3
9	17	3
10	17	3
11	17	3
12	16	3
13	16	3
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	16	2
17	16	2
18	16	2
19	16	2
20	16	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	2
28	15	2
29	15	2
30	15	2
31	16	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	12	0
2	13	0
3	13	0
4	13	0
5	14	0
6	14	0
7	14	0
8	14	0
9	15	0
10	15	0
11	15	0
12	15	0
13	15	0
14	15	1
15	15	1
16	15	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	1
20	15	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	14	2
27	14	2
28	14	2
29	13	2
30	13	2
31	13	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	4
2	18	4
3	18	4
4	17	4
5	17	3
6	17	3
7	17	3
8	17	3
9	17	3
10	17	3
11	17	3
12	16	3
13	16	3
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	16	2
17	16	2
18	16	2
19	16	2
20	16	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	2
28	15	2
29	15	2
30	15	2
31	16	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	12	0
2	13	0
3	13	0
4	13	0
5	14	0
6	14	0
7	14	0
8	14	0
9	15	0
10	15	0
11	15	0
12	15	0
13	15	0
14	15	1
15	15	1
16	15	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	1
20	15	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	14	2
27	14	2
28	14	2
29	13	2
30	13	2
31	13	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100