Ciudad de Huajuapan de León weather in December

In December, Ciudad de Huajuapan de León sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of December to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ciudad de Huajuapan de León's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciudad de Huajuapan de León's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
10 h 54 min
6:59 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover
33%
4th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.8
out of 10

Ciudad de Huajuapan de León is municipal seat of Huajuapan, State of Oaxaca, Mexico.

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical December day in Ciudad de Huajuapan de León reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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Ciudad de Huajuapan de León weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 71.511.18.7
Feb25° / 10°71.411.48.8
Mar27° / 11°13311.98.1
Apr28° / 13°316.612.47.1
May27° / 14°9213.712.86.0
Jun25° / 14°23419.3135.2
Jul24° / 13°18116.7135.7
Aug24° / 13°20018.112.65.5
Sep23° / 14°23819.712.15.1
Oct23° / 12°911111.66.7
Nov23° / 10°163.311.28.3
Dec23° / 61118.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ciudad de Huajuapan de León gets around 6 mm of rain over 1 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of December to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:51 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.06:515:51
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311.06:525:52
411.06:525:52
511.06:535:52
611.06:545:52
711.06:545:52
811.06:555:53
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.15 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.15 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.15 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Ciudad de Huajuapan de León

In seasonPeak

None of Ciudad de Huajuapan de León's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ciudad de Huajuapan de León's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
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Is December a good time to visit Ciudad de Huajuapan de León?

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

8.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Ciudad de Huajuapan de León for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ciudad de Huajuapan de León in December

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

In December, Ciudad de Huajuapan de León sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ciudad de Huajuapan de León in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ciudad de Huajuapan de León peaks around April 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highApr 12UV 15Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May9Very high
Jun14Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ciudad de Huajuapan de León in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ciudad de Huajuapan de León is worst in May — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (January, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateMay 1626 µg/m³Jan 1811 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb12Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ciudad de Huajuapan de León?

Ciudad de Huajuapan de León sits at 17.8°N, 97.8°W, 1,594 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Acatlán de Osorio, 52 km away.

Topography around Ciudad de Huajuapan de León

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ciudad de Huajuapan de León.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad de Huajuapan de León has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 354 m around an average of 1,631 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,063 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,755 m.

The land around Ciudad de Huajuapan de León is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and shrubs (36%) within 3 km, shrubs (63%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (51%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
354 m
16 km
1,063 m
80 km
2,755 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Acatlán de Osorio 52 km · Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco 61 km · Altepexi 81 km · Zinacatepec 81 km · Tehuacán 83 km · Ajalpan 84 km · Tlapa de Comonfort 89 km · Izúcar de Matamoros 114 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
Catholic 78%no religion 11%other Evangelical Churches 8%Jehovah Witness 1%

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 Ciudad de Huajuapan de León (17.8079°, -97.7796°, elevation 1,594 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).