Lázaro Cárdenas weather in December

In December, Lázaro Cárdenas sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 27 mm of rain across 3.3 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of December to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Lázaro Cárdenas's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lázaro Cárdenas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 27 mm; 3.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 6:39 AM – 4:41 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 11th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Lázaro Cárdenas is town in San Quintín Municipality, State of Baja California, 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical December day in Lázaro Cárdenas reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Lázaro Cárdenas weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 12°	32	3.5	10.2	6.6
Feb	17° / 12°	39	4.4	10.9	6.3
Mar	17° / 13°	27	3.1	11.8	6.8
Apr	18° / 13°	6	1.4	12.7	7.6
May	19° / 14°	2	0.4	13.5	7.9
Jun	20° / 16°	1	0.2	13.9	8.3
Jul	22° / 18°	1	0.2	13.8	8.8
Aug	23° / 19°	2	0.2	13.1	9.2
Sep	24° / 19°	4	0.5	12.2	9.3
Oct	22° / 17°	11	0.9	11.3	8.7
Nov	19° / 15°	11	1.8	10.5	7.9
Dec	17° / 12°	27	3.3	10.1	6.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% 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	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	70	70	70	70	69	69
Cloudier (%)	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31

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

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Lázaro Cárdenas gets around 27 mm of rain over 3.3 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 12% 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 (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12

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

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 93% 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 (%)	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	91	91	92	93	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95
Comfortable (%)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	92	8
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5

Wind in December

Winds average 12 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of December to 10 h 06 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 6:28 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 4:39 PM to 4:48 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)	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45
Sunset (PM)	4:39	4:39	4:39	4:39	4:39	4:39	4:39	4:39	4:39	4:39	4:40	4:40	4:40	4:40	4:41	4:41	4:41	4:42	4:42	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:44	4:44	4:45	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:47	4:48	4:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	6:28	4:39
2	10.2	6:29	4:39
3	10.1	6:30	4:39
4	10.1	6:31	4:39
5	10.1	6:31	4:39
6	10.1	6:32	4:39
7	10.1	6:33	4:39
8	10.1	6:34	4:39
9	10.1	6:34	4:39
10	10.1	6:35	4:39
11	10.1	6:36	4:40
12	10.1	6:36	4:40
13	10.1	6:37	4:40
14	10.0	6:38	4:40
15	10.0	6:38	4:41
16	10.0	6:39	4:41
17	10.0	6:39	4:41
18	10.0	6:40	4:42
19	10.0	6:40	4:42
20	10.0	6:41	4:43
21	10.0	6:41	4:43
22	10.0	6:42	4:43
23	10.0	6:42	4:44
24	10.0	6:43	4:44
25	10.0	6:43	4:45
26	10.0	6:44	4:45
27	10.0	6:44	4:46
28	10.0	6:44	4:47
29	10.0	6:45	4:47
30	10.0	6:45	4:48
31	10.1	6:45	4:48

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.5 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 3.5 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)	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6
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	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.4	Moderate
20	3.4	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Lázaro Cárdenas?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Lázaro Cárdenas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lázaro Cárdenas in December

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

In December, Lázaro Cárdenas sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 12°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 3 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Lázaro Cárdenas in December

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 18 km away) is warmest in September at about 20°C and coldest in March near 15°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	16	15	15	16	17	19	20	20	19	18	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	15	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	17	Cool
Jul	19	Cool
Aug	20	Cool
Sep	20	Cool
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Lázaro Cárdenas in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lázaro Cárdenas peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 4 (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)	4	5	6	9	8	11	11	11	9	7	5	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	6	High
Apr	9	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lázaro Cárdenas?

Lázaro Cárdenas sits at 30.5°N, 115.9°W, 50 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Felipe, 118 km away.

Topography around Lázaro Cárdenas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lázaro Cárdenas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 525 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,027 m.

The land around Lázaro Cárdenas is covered by cropland (34%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (45%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (59%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

96 m

cropland 34%

16 km

525 m

shrubs 45%

80 km

3,027 m

shrubs 59%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

December weather nearby: San Felipe 118 km · Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada 146 km · Ensenada 163 km · Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria 211 km · Rosarito 230 km · Las Delicias 230 km · Villa del Prado 2da Sección 233 km · Puebla 233 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 Lázaro Cárdenas (30.5266°, -115.9314°, elevation 50 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	18	13
2	18	13
3	18	13
4	18	13
5	18	13
6	18	13
7	18	13
8	17	13
9	17	13
10	17	13
11	17	13
12	17	13
13	17	12
14	17	12
15	17	12
16	17	12
17	17	12
18	17	12
19	17	12
20	17	12
21	17	12
22	17	12
23	17	12
24	17	12
25	17	12
26	17	12
27	17	12
28	17	12
29	17	12
30	17	12
31	17	12

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	92	8
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	92	8
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	92	8
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5