Coyoacán weather in December

In December, Coyoacán sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 20 mm of rain across 4 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 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Coyoacán's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Coyoacán's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 20 mm; 4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:08 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Coyoacán is human settlement in Mexico.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 19.6 µg/m³ · 2017

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 18°C through the month.

A typical December day in Coyoacán reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Coyoacán 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	18° / 3°	31	4.9	11	6.9
Feb	20° / 4°	30	5.4	11.3	7.3
Mar	21° / 5°	45	8.6	11.9	7.1
Apr	22° / 7°	81	12	12.4	6.6
May	22° / 8°	133	16.9	12.9	5.7
Jun	21° / 10°	210	20.7	13.1	4.7
Jul	20° / 9°	242	26.4	13	3.9
Aug	20° / 10°	229	25.6	12.7	4.0
Sep	20° / 10°	195	22.6	12.1	4.2
Oct	19° / 8°	95	14.1	11.6	5.5
Nov	19° / 5°	42	7.4	11.1	6.6
Dec	18° / 3°	20	4	10.9	7.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	73	74	74	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	70	70	70	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	67	67	67
Cloudier (%)	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	33	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Coyoacán gets around 20 mm of rain over 4 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 13% and peaks near 16% 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 (%)	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

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 6 km/h in December.

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of December to 10 h 48 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 6:59 AM to 7:14 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:05 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	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:14
Sunset (PM)	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:59	5:54
2	10.9	7:00	5:54
3	10.9	7:00	5:54
4	10.9	7:01	5:54
5	10.9	7:01	5:55
6	10.9	7:02	5:55
7	10.9	7:03	5:55
8	10.9	7:03	5:55
9	10.9	7:04	5:56
10	10.9	7:04	5:56
11	10.9	7:05	5:56
12	10.9	7:05	5:57
13	10.8	7:06	5:57
14	10.8	7:07	5:57
15	10.8	7:07	5:58
16	10.8	7:08	5:58
17	10.8	7:08	5:58
18	10.8	7:09	5:59
19	10.8	7:09	5:59
20	10.8	7:10	6:00
21	10.8	7:10	6:00
22	10.8	7:11	6:01
23	10.8	7:11	6:01
24	10.8	7:12	6:02
25	10.8	7:12	6:02
26	10.8	7:12	6:03
27	10.8	7:13	6:03
28	10.8	7:13	6:04
29	10.8	7:14	6:04
30	10.8	7:14	6:05
31	10.8	7:14	6:05

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.93 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.92 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 4.93 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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0
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	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Coyoacán

In seasonPeak

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

Coyoacán's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Coyoacán?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

2.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Coyoacán in December

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

In December, Coyoacán sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Coyoacán in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Coyoacán peaks around April 9 at about 14 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	12	14	14	11	14	12	13	11	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Coyoacán 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 Coyoacán is worst in December — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Coyoacán's WHO annual average of 19.6 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	21	20	18	16	19	18	19	18	19	19	24	25
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	21	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	25	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Coyoacán?

Coyoacán sits at 19.3°N, 99.2°W, 2,255 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Benito Juárez, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Coyoacán

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Coyoacán has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 2,254 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,289 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,490 m.

The land around Coyoacán is covered by artificial surfaces (75%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (66%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and trees (36%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

57 m

artificial surfaces 75%

16 km

1,289 m

artificial surfaces 66%

80 km

4,490 m

trees 36%

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

December weather nearby: Benito Juárez 3.0 km · Colonia del Valle 4.0 km · Álvaro Obregón 5.0 km · Colonia Nativitas 5.0 km · Magdalena Contreras 5.0 km · Tlalpan 6.0 km · Iztacalco 9.0 km · Mexico City 10 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 Coyoacán (19.3467°, -99.1617°, elevation 2,255 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	19	4
2	19	4
3	19	4
4	19	4
5	19	3
6	19	3
7	18	3
8	18	3
9	18	3
10	18	3
11	18	3
12	18	3
13	18	3
14	18	3
15	18	3
16	18	3
17	18	3
18	18	3
19	18	3
20	18	3
21	18	3
22	18	3
23	18	3
24	18	3
25	18	3
26	18	3
27	18	3
28	18	3
29	18	3
30	18	3
31	18	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	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