Cuauhtémoc weather in December

In December, Cuauhtémoc sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 10 mm of precipitation across 2.3 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 17°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% 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 Cuauhtémoc's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cuauhtémoc's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 10 mm; 2.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 6:58 AM – 5:10 PM
Cloud cover: 35%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.03 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Cuauhtémoc is municipal seat of Cuauhtémoc, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.

Founded: 1948

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 17°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical December day in Cuauhtémoc reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 20°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)	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	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	2
2	17	2
3	17	2
4	17	2
5	17	2
6	17	2
7	17	2
8	16	2
9	16	2
10	16	2
11	16	1
12	16	1
13	16	1
14	16	1
15	16	1
16	16	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	1
20	15	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	15	1
25	15	0
26	15	0
27	15	0
28	15	0
29	15	0
30	15	0
31	15	0

How December really feels in Cuauhtémoc

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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.

Cuauhtémoc 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 1°	12	2.5	0.5	10.4	5.9
Feb	18° / 2°	8	1.8	0.2	11	7.1
Mar	21° / 5°	8	1.8	0.1	11.8	8.0
Apr	24° / 8°	7	1.7	0	12.7	8.6
May	28° / 11°	11	2.3	0	13.4	7.6
Jun	30° / 15°	34	7.1	0	13.8	5.6
Jul	27° / 16°	119	16.6	0	13.6	5.6
Aug	26° / 15°	105	15.4	0	13	6.0
Sep	25° / 13°	71	11.4	0	12.2	6.9
Oct	23° / 9°	20	4.1	0	11.3	8.3
Nov	19° / 5°	14	2.2	0.2	10.6	7.8
Dec	16° / 1°	10	2.3	0.7	10.2	6.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% 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 28%.

	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	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	72	72	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	73	73	72	72	70	70	70	69	69	69
Cloudier (%)	29	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	30	30	30	31	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Cuauhtémoc gets around 10 mm of rain and snow over 2.3 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 8% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2

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

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	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 6:48 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 5:07 PM to 5:17 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	10.2	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	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04
Sunset (PM)	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:48	5:07
2	10.3	6:48	5:07
3	10.3	6:49	5:07
4	10.3	6:50	5:07
5	10.3	6:50	5:07
6	10.3	6:51	5:07
7	10.3	6:52	5:07
8	10.3	6:53	5:08
9	10.2	6:53	5:08
10	10.2	6:54	5:08
11	10.2	6:54	5:08
12	10.2	6:55	5:08
13	10.2	6:56	5:09
14	10.2	6:56	5:09
15	10.2	6:57	5:09
16	10.2	6:58	5:10
17	10.2	6:58	5:10
18	10.2	6:59	5:10
19	10.2	6:59	5:11
20	10.2	7:00	5:11
21	10.2	7:00	5:12
22	10.2	7:01	5:12
23	10.2	7:01	5:13
24	10.2	7:02	5:13
25	10.2	7:02	5:14
26	10.2	7:02	5:14
27	10.2	7:03	5:15
28	10.2	7:03	5:15
29	10.2	7:04	5:16
30	10.2	7:04	5:17
31	10.2	7:04	5:17

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.03 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.03 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 4.03 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)	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Moderate
13	4.0	Moderate
14	4.0	Moderate
15	4.0	Moderate
16	4.0	Moderate
17	4.0	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.0	Bright
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.0	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Cuauhtémoc?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Cuauhtémoc for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cuauhtémoc in December

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

In December, Cuauhtémoc sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Cuauhtémoc 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 Cuauhtémoc peaks around June 17 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	10	12	13	13	13	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	10	Very high
Apr	12	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Cuauhtémoc?

Cuauhtémoc sits at 28.4°N, 106.9°W, 2,086 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Chihuahua, 80 km away.

Topography around Cuauhtémoc

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cuauhtémoc has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m around an average of 2,060 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,664 m.

The land around Cuauhtémoc is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) within 3 km, grassland (37%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), shrubs (33%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

183 m

artificial surfaces 62%

16 km

594 m

grassland 37%

80 km

1,664 m

grassland 35%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Chihuahua 80 km · Juan Aldama 105 km · Pedro Meoqui 137 km · Ciudad Delicias 139 km · Madera 152 km · Santa Rosalía de Camargo 185 km · Hidalgo del Parral 202 km · José Mariano Jiménez 238 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 Cuauhtémoc (28.4063°, -106.8667°, elevation 2,086 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	17	2
2	17	2
3	17	2
4	17	2
5	17	2
6	17	2
7	17	2
8	16	2
9	16	2
10	16	2
11	16	1
12	16	1
13	16	1
14	16	1
15	16	1
16	16	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	1
20	15	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	15	1
25	15	0
26	15	0
27	15	0
28	15	0
29	15	0
30	15	0
31	15	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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