Nuevo Casas Grandes weather in December

In December, Nuevo Casas Grandes sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 19 mm of precipitation across 3.4 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-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 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 Nuevo Casas Grandes's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nuevo Casas Grandes's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 19 mm; 3.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 7:06 AM – 5:09 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 7th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Nuevo Casas Grandes is municipal seat of Nuevo Casas Grandes, State of Chihuahua, 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 Nuevo Casas Grandes reaches about 15°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 9°C and 21°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	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	1
10	16	1
11	16	1
12	16	1
13	16	1
14	15	1
15	15	1
16	15	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	0
20	15	0
21	15	0
22	15	0
23	15	0
24	15	0
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 Nuevo Casas Grandes

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.

Nuevo Casas Grandes weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 1°	15	3.2	0.7	10.3	5.9
Feb	18° / 3°	12	2.7	0.4	10.9	7.1
Mar	21° / 5°	11	2.5	0.4	11.8	8.1
Apr	25° / 8°	6	1.5	0	12.7	8.7
May	30° / 12°	8	2.2	0	13.5	6.6
Jun	33° / 17°	16	3.8	0	13.9	4.1
Jul	31° / 19°	70	11.6	0	13.8	4.2
Aug	30° / 18°	52	10.5	0	13.1	5.0
Sep	29° / 15°	36	6.6	0	12.2	6.5
Oct	25° / 10°	18	3.6	0.1	11.3	8.4
Nov	20° / 5°	13	2.3	0.2	10.5	7.9
Dec	15° / 1°	19	3.4	0.8	10.1	5.8

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 27%.

	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 (%)	72	72	71	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	75	75	76	76	76	75	75	75	74	74	73	72	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	69
Cloudier (%)	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	26	25	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	74	26
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Nuevo Casas Grandes gets around 19 mm of rain and snow over 3.4 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 12% 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 (%)	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3

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

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 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	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 6:56 AM to 7:13 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)	10.2	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	10.1	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	10.1	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13
Sunset (PM)	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	6:56	5:07
2	10.2	6:57	5:07
3	10.2	6:58	5:07
4	10.1	6:58	5:07
5	10.1	6:59	5:07
6	10.1	7:00	5:07
7	10.1	7:01	5:07
8	10.1	7:01	5:07
9	10.1	7:02	5:07
10	10.1	7:03	5:08
11	10.1	7:03	5:08
12	10.1	7:04	5:08
13	10.1	7:05	5:08
14	10.1	7:05	5:09
15	10.1	7:06	5:09
16	10.0	7:06	5:09
17	10.0	7:07	5:10
18	10.0	7:08	5:10
19	10.0	7:08	5:10
20	10.0	7:09	5:11
21	10.0	7:09	5:11
22	10.0	7:10	5:12
23	10.0	7:10	5:12
24	10.0	7:11	5:13
25	10.0	7:11	5:13
26	10.0	7:11	5:14
27	10.0	7:12	5:14
28	10.0	7:12	5:15
29	10.1	7:12	5:15
30	10.1	7:13	5:16
31	10.1	7:13	5:17

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.69 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.69 kWh/m² to a high of 8.18 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 3.69 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)	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8
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	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.7	Moderate
28	3.7	Moderate
29	3.7	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Nuevo Casas Grandes?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Nuevo Casas Grandes for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nuevo Casas Grandes in December

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

In December, Nuevo Casas Grandes sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Nuevo Casas Grandes in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nuevo Casas Grandes peaks around June 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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)	5	6	9	11	12	13	12	12	10	7	6	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	11	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Nuevo Casas Grandes?

Nuevo Casas Grandes sits at 30.4°N, 107.9°W, 1,455 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Madera, 138 km away.

Topography around Nuevo Casas Grandes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nuevo Casas Grandes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 1,457 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 711 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,504 m.

The land around Nuevo Casas Grandes is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and shrubs (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

19 m

artificial surfaces 41%

16 km

711 m

grassland 49%

80 km

1,504 m

grassland 39%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← November Nuevo Casas Grandes year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Madera 138 km · Agua Prieta 185 km · Douglas 187 km · Sunland Park 199 km · Ciudad Juárez 200 km · El Paso 202 km · Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia 206 km · Socorro 206 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 Nuevo Casas Grandes (30.4155°, -107.9117°, elevation 1,455 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	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	1
10	16	1
11	16	1
12	16	1
13	16	1
14	15	1
15	15	1
16	15	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	0
20	15	0
21	15	0
22	15	0
23	15	0
24	15	0
25	15	0
26	15	0
27	15	0
28	15	0
29	15	0
30	15	0
31	15	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	74	26
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	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	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	1
10	16	1
11	16	1
12	16	1
13	16	1
14	15	1
15	15	1
16	15	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	0
20	15	0
21	15	0
22	15	0
23	15	0
24	15	0
25	15	0
26	15	0
27	15	0
28	15	0
29	15	0
30	15	0
31	15	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	74	26
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	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	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	1
10	16	1
11	16	1
12	16	1
13	16	1
14	15	1
15	15	1
16	15	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	0
20	15	0
21	15	0
22	15	0
23	15	0
24	15	0
25	15	0
26	15	0
27	15	0
28	15	0
29	15	0
30	15	0
31	15	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	74	26
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	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