El Salto weather in December

In December, El Salto sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 32 mm of precipitation across 3.5 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-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 51% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of December to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is El Salto's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Salto's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 32 mm; 3.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:41 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

El Salto is municipal seat of Pueblo Nuevo, State of Durango, Mexico.

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 El Salto reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°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	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	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	17	2
9	17	2
10	16	2
11	16	2
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	16	2
17	16	2
18	16	1
19	16	1
20	16	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	15	1
25	15	1
26	15	1
27	15	1
28	15	1
29	15	1
30	15	1
31	15	1

How December really feels in El Salto

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 26 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.

El Salto weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 8th-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°	37	4.2	0.5	10.7	5.6
Feb	17° / 2°	28	3	0.3	11.2	6.6
Mar	19° / 3°	20	3	0.2	11.8	7.6
Apr	22° / 5°	15	3.3	0	12.5	7.9
May	24° / 8°	32	7.1	0	13.1	7.7
Jun	24° / 11°	117	15	0	13.4	6.1
Jul	23° / 11°	215	21.9	0	13.3	4.9
Aug	23° / 11°	193	21.8	0	12.8	4.9
Sep	22° / 10°	165	18.2	0	12.1	5.3
Oct	21° / 8°	58	7.8	0	11.4	7.1
Nov	19° / 4°	34	3.6	0	10.9	7.4
Dec	16° / 2°	32	3.5	0.2	10.6	6.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 36%.

	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 (%)	68	67	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	63	63	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	62
Cloudier (%)	32	33	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	37	37	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	67	33
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

El Salto gets around 32 mm of rain and snow over 3.5 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 11% and peaks near 13% 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 (%)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

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 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.

	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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	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 36 min at the start of December to 10 h 36 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 7:32 AM to 7:48 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:21 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)	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:40	7:41	7:41	7:42	7:42	7:43	7:43	7:44	7:44	7:45	7:45	7:46	7:46	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:48	7:48
Sunset (PM)	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	7:32	6:10
2	10.6	7:33	6:10
3	10.6	7:33	6:11
4	10.6	7:34	6:11
5	10.6	7:35	6:11
6	10.6	7:35	6:11
7	10.6	7:36	6:11
8	10.6	7:37	6:11
9	10.6	7:37	6:12
10	10.6	7:38	6:12
11	10.6	7:38	6:12
12	10.6	7:39	6:12
13	10.6	7:40	6:13
14	10.5	7:40	6:13
15	10.5	7:41	6:13
16	10.5	7:41	6:14
17	10.5	7:42	6:14
18	10.5	7:42	6:15
19	10.5	7:43	6:15
20	10.5	7:43	6:15
21	10.5	7:44	6:16
22	10.5	7:44	6:16
23	10.5	7:45	6:17
24	10.5	7:45	6:17
25	10.5	7:46	6:18
26	10.5	7:46	6:18
27	10.5	7:47	6:19
28	10.5	7:47	6:19
29	10.5	7:47	6:20
30	10.5	7:48	6:21
31	10.6	7:48	6:21

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.56 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.71 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 4.56 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)	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6
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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for El Salto

In seasonPeak

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

El Salto's monsoon runs June–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 El Salto?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.8

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit El Salto for sightseeing.

What to pack for El Salto in December

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

In December, El Salto sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in El Salto 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 El Salto peaks around May 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 7 (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)	7	10	12	14	14	14	13	14	12	10	7	7
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	High
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	7	Very high
Dec	7	High

Location & terrain

Where is El Salto?

El Salto sits at 23.8°N, 105.4°W, 2,520 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Pueblo Nuevo, 44 km away.

Topography around El Salto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Salto has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 375 m around an average of 2,568 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,385 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,188 m.

The land around El Salto is covered by trees (61%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

375 m

trees 61%

16 km

1,385 m

trees 78%

80 km

3,188 m

trees 83%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

December weather nearby: Pueblo Nuevo 44 km · Victoria de Durango 76 km · El Rosario 101 km · Escuinapa de Hidalgo 113 km · Mazatlan 124 km · Vicente Guerrero 140 km · Santiago Papasquiaro 141 km · Acaponeta 143 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
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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 El Salto (23.7785°, -105.3604°, elevation 2,520 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	17	2
9	17	2
10	16	2
11	16	2
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	16	2
17	16	2
18	16	1
19	16	1
20	16	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	15	1
25	15	1
26	15	1
27	15	1
28	15	1
29	15	1
30	15	1
31	15	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	67	33
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

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

	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	17	2
9	17	2
10	16	2
11	16	2
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	16	2
17	16	2
18	16	1
19	16	1
20	16	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	15	1
25	15	1
26	15	1
27	15	1
28	15	1
29	15	1
30	15	1
31	15	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	67	33
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

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

	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	17	2
9	17	2
10	16	2
11	16	2
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	16	2
17	16	2
18	16	1
19	16	1
20	16	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	15	1
25	15	1
26	15	1
27	15	1
28	15	1
29	15	1
30	15	1
31	15	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	67	33
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

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

	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