Ciudad Delicias weather in December

In December, Ciudad Delicias sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 8 mm of precipitation across 1.5 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of December to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ciudad Delicias's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciudad Delicias's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 8 mm; 1.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 6:51 AM – 5:05 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Ciudad Delicias is municipal seat of Delicias, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.

Founded: 1933

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 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical December day in Ciudad Delicias reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°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)	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How December really feels in Ciudad Delicias

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ciudad Delicias weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 4°	9	1.8	10.4	7.9
Feb	23° / 7°	6	1.2	11	8.6
Mar	27° / 10°	6	1	11.8	8.2
Apr	31° / 14°	5	1.1	12.7	5.9
May	34° / 18°	10	2.2	13.4	3.5
Jun	36° / 21°	16	3.7	13.8	2.2
Jul	34° / 22°	65	8.8	13.6	3.0
Aug	33° / 21°	63	9	13	3.6
Sep	31° / 19°	50	7.3	12.2	4.7
Oct	29° / 14°	17	3	11.3	6.9
Nov	24° / 8°	13	1.9	10.6	8.6
Dec	20° / 4°	8	1.5	10.2	8.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% 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 (%)	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	70	70	70
Cloudier (%)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30

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

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ciudad Delicias gets around 8 mm of rain and snow over 1.5 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 5% and peaks near 6% 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 (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

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 (%)	99	99	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
Comfortable (%)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of December to 10 h 12 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 6:41 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 5:02 PM to 5:12 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58
Sunset (PM)	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:41	5:02
2	10.3	6:42	5:02
3	10.3	6:43	5:02
4	10.3	6:44	5:02
5	10.3	6:44	5:02
6	10.3	6:45	5:02
7	10.3	6:46	5:02
8	10.3	6:46	5:02
9	10.3	6:47	5:03
10	10.3	6:48	5:03
11	10.2	6:48	5:03
12	10.2	6:49	5:03
13	10.2	6:50	5:04
14	10.2	6:50	5:04
15	10.2	6:51	5:04
16	10.2	6:51	5:05
17	10.2	6:52	5:05
18	10.2	6:53	5:05
19	10.2	6:53	5:06
20	10.2	6:54	5:06
21	10.2	6:54	5:07
22	10.2	6:55	5:07
23	10.2	6:55	5:08
24	10.2	6:56	5:08
25	10.2	6:56	5:09
26	10.2	6:56	5:09
27	10.2	6:57	5:10
28	10.2	6:57	5:10
29	10.2	6:57	5:11
30	10.2	6:58	5:11
31	10.2	6:58	5:12

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.93 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.93 kWh/m² to a high of 8.04 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 3.93 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)	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Moderate
29	4.0	Moderate
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Ciudad Delicias?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Ciudad Delicias for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ciudad Delicias in December

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

In December, Ciudad Delicias sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Ciudad Delicias in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ciudad Delicias peaks around June 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (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)	6	7	9	12	13	13	12	12	11	8	6	5
Level	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	7	High
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	12	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ciudad Delicias?

Ciudad Delicias sits at 28.2°N, 105.5°W, 1,172 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Pedro Meoqui, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Ciudad Delicias

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad Delicias has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 1,177 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 736 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,279 m.

The land around Ciudad Delicias is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) within 3 km, shrubs (40%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (80%) within 80 km.

3 km

43 m

artificial surfaces 64%

16 km

736 m

shrubs 40%

80 km

1,279 m

shrubs 80%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← November Ciudad Delicias year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Pedro Meoqui 9.0 km · Santa Rosalía de Camargo 64 km · Chihuahua 78 km · Juan Aldama 84 km · José Mariano Jiménez 129 km · Cuauhtémoc 139 km · Hidalgo del Parral 141 km · Ojinaga 178 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 Ciudad Delicias (28.1901°, -105.4701°, elevation 1,172 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	22	6
2	21	6
3	21	6
4	21	6
5	21	5
6	21	5
7	21	5
8	21	5
9	20	5
10	20	5
11	20	5
12	20	5
13	20	5
14	20	4
15	20	4
16	20	4
17	20	4
18	20	4
19	19	4
20	19	4
21	19	4
22	19	4
23	19	4
24	19	4
25	19	4
26	19	4
27	19	4
28	19	4
29	19	4
30	19	4
31	19	4

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0