Córdoba weather in December

In December, Córdoba sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 101 mm of rain across 13.8 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of December to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Córdoba's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Córdoba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 101 mm; 13.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:58 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 4th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.31 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Córdoba is municipal seat of Córdoba, State of Veracruz, Mexico.

Density: 1,296/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1618

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical December day in Córdoba reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Córdoba 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 9°	123	15.8	11	5.2
Feb	20° / 10°	114	13.6	11.4	5.6
Mar	22° / 12°	202	16.9	11.9	5.7
Apr	23° / 13°	265	17.8	12.4	5.7
May	24° / 15°	238	20.2	12.9	5.4
Jun	24° / 16°	236	21.2	13.1	5.0
Jul	24° / 15°	123	16.5	13	5.8
Aug	24° / 15°	130	18.6	12.6	5.6
Sep	23° / 16°	196	22.5	12.1	4.7
Oct	22° / 14°	177	19.5	11.6	5.1
Nov	20° / 12°	137	15.5	11.1	5.4
Dec	19° / 10°	101	13.8	10.9	5.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

	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 (%)	44	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	42	42	40	40	40	39	38	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	38
Cloudier (%)	56	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	57	57	58	58	58	58	60	60	60	61	62	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	37	63
31	38	62

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Córdoba gets around 101 mm of rain over 13.8 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 45% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	43
8	43
9	44
10	44
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	46
21	46
22	46
23	46
24	46
25	46
26	46
27	46
28	46
29	47
30	47
31	47

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 66% 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 (%)	52	53	54	55	57	58	58	59	59	60	61	62	63	63	64	65	66	67	68	70	71	72	73	73	74	75	76	76	77	77	77
Comfortable (%)	45	44	43	42	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	27	26	25	24	24	23	23	23
Humid (%)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	52	45	3
2	53	44	3
3	54	43	3
4	55	42	3
5	57	41	2
6	58	40	2
7	58	40	2
8	59	39	2
9	59	39	2
10	60	38	2
11	61	38	1
12	62	37	1
13	63	36	1
14	63	36	1
15	64	35	1
16	65	34	1
17	66	33	1
18	67	32	1
19	68	31	1
20	70	30	0
21	71	29	0
22	72	28	0
23	73	27	0
24	73	27	0
25	74	26	0
26	75	25	0
27	76	24	0
28	76	24	0
29	77	23	0
30	77	23	0
31	77	23	0

Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
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4	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 7:05 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 5:57 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)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05
Sunset (PM)	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:49	5:46
2	10.9	6:50	5:46
3	10.9	6:50	5:46
4	10.9	6:51	5:46
5	10.9	6:52	5:47
6	10.9	6:52	5:47
7	10.9	6:53	5:47
8	10.9	6:53	5:47
9	10.9	6:54	5:48
10	10.9	6:54	5:48
11	10.9	6:55	5:48
12	10.9	6:56	5:48
13	10.9	6:56	5:49
14	10.9	6:57	5:49
15	10.9	6:57	5:50
16	10.9	6:58	5:50
17	10.9	6:58	5:50
18	10.9	6:59	5:51
19	10.9	6:59	5:51
20	10.9	7:00	5:52
21	10.9	7:00	5:52
22	10.9	7:01	5:53
23	10.9	7:01	5:53
24	10.9	7:02	5:54
25	10.9	7:02	5:54
26	10.9	7:03	5:55
27	10.9	7:03	5:55
28	10.9	7:03	5:56
29	10.9	7:04	5:56
30	10.9	7:04	5:57
31	10.9	7:05	5:57

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.31 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.31 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 4.31 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)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Córdoba?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.4

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Córdoba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Córdoba in December

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

In December, Córdoba sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Córdoba in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Córdoba peaks around August 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

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)	8	10	11	13	7	12	12	13	11	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	7	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Córdoba 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 Córdoba is worst in May — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (October, 21 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	28	32	38	48	31	30	24	25	21	22	25
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	38	Poor
May	48	Poor
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	25	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Córdoba?

Córdoba sits at 18.9°N, 96.9°W, 836 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Fortín de las Flores, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Córdoba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Córdoba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m around an average of 836 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,512 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,559 m.

The land around Córdoba is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (42%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) within 80 km.

3 km

249 m

trees 52%

16 km

1,512 m

trees 83%

80 km

5,559 m

trees 54%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

December weather nearby: Fortín de las Flores 8.0 km · Ixtaczoquitlán 15 km · Orizaba 19 km · Coscomatepec de Bravo 25 km · Río Blanco 25 km · Nogales 26 km · Ciudad Mendoza 28 km · Huatusco 30 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 Córdoba (18.8842°, -96.9256°, elevation 836 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	37	63
31	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	43
8	43
9	44
10	44
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	46
21	46
22	46
23	46
24	46
25	46
26	46
27	46
28	46
29	47
30	47
31	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	52	45	3
2	53	44	3
3	54	43	3
4	55	42	3
5	57	41	2
6	58	40	2
7	58	40	2
8	59	39	2
9	59	39	2
10	60	38	2
11	61	38	1
12	62	37	1
13	63	36	1
14	63	36	1
15	64	35	1
16	65	34	1
17	66	33	1
18	67	32	1
19	68	31	1
20	70	30	0
21	71	29	0
22	72	28	0
23	73	27	0
24	73	27	0
25	74	26	0
26	75	25	0
27	76	24	0
28	76	24	0
29	77	23	0
30	77	23	0
31	77	23	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	37	63
31	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	43
8	43
9	44
10	44
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	46
21	46
22	46
23	46
24	46
25	46
26	46
27	46
28	46
29	47
30	47
31	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	52	45	3
2	53	44	3
3	54	43	3
4	55	42	3
5	57	41	2
6	58	40	2
7	58	40	2
8	59	39	2
9	59	39	2
10	60	38	2
11	61	38	1
12	62	37	1
13	63	36	1
14	63	36	1
15	64	35	1
16	65	34	1
17	66	33	1
18	67	32	1
19	68	31	1
20	70	30	0
21	71	29	0
22	72	28	0
23	73	27	0
24	73	27	0
25	74	26	0
26	75	25	0
27	76	24	0
28	76	24	0
29	77	23	0
30	77	23	0
31	77	23	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	37	63
31	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	43
8	43
9	44
10	44
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	46
21	46
22	46
23	46
24	46
25	46
26	46
27	46
28	46
29	47
30	47
31	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	52	45	3
2	53	44	3
3	54	43	3
4	55	42	3
5	57	41	2
6	58	40	2
7	58	40	2
8	59	39	2
9	59	39	2
10	60	38	2
11	61	38	1
12	62	37	1
13	63	36	1
14	63	36	1
15	64	35	1
16	65	34	1
17	66	33	1
18	67	32	1
19	68	31	1
20	70	30	0
21	71	29	0
22	72	28	0
23	73	27	0
24	73	27	0
25	74	26	0
26	75	25	0
27	76	24	0
28	76	24	0
29	77	23	0
30	77	23	0
31	77	23	0