Santiago Papasquiaro weather in December

In December, Santiago Papasquiaro sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 12 mm of precipitation across 2.1 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Santiago Papasquiaro's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santiago Papasquiaro's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 12 mm; 2.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:44 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 8th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Santiago Papasquiaro is municipal seat of Papasquiaro, State of Durango, Mexico.

Density: 17/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1597

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 18°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical December day in Santiago Papasquiaro reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 20°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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	18	2
2	18	2
3	18	2
4	18	2
5	18	2
6	18	2
7	18	2
8	18	2
9	17	2
10	17	2
11	17	1
12	17	1
13	17	1
14	17	1
15	17	1
16	17	1
17	17	1
18	17	1
19	17	1
20	17	1
21	17	1
22	16	1
23	16	1
24	16	1
25	16	0
26	16	0
27	16	0
28	16	0
29	16	0
30	16	0
31	16	0

How December really feels in Santiago Papasquiaro

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.

Santiago Papasquiaro weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 0°	16	2.8	10.6	6.4
Feb	18° / 2°	13	2.2	11.1	7.4
Mar	21° / 3°	13	2.2	11.8	8.0
Apr	24° / 5°	9	2.1	12.6	8.5
May	26° / 8°	22	4.9	13.2	7.8
Jun	27° / 12°	81	11.5	13.5	6.5
Jul	24° / 12°	177	20.6	13.4	5.4
Aug	24° / 12°	156	20	12.9	5.4
Sep	23° / 11°	143	17.1	12.2	5.6
Oct	22° / 8°	40	6.5	11.4	7.6
Nov	20° / 4°	17	2.4	10.8	7.8
Dec	17° / 1°	12	2.1	10.5	6.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

	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 (%)	70	68	67	66	66	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	68
Cloudier (%)	30	32	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	68	32
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Santiago Papasquiaro gets around 12 mm of rain and snow over 2.1 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 7% and peaks near 8% 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 (%)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8

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

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	8	8	8	8	8	8	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	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	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 30 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 7:35 AM to 7:51 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:19 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	10.5	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	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:35	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:43	7:44	7:44	7:45	7:45	7:46	7:46	7:47	7:47	7:48	7:48	7:49	7:49	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:51	7:51
Sunset (PM)	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	7:35	6:08
2	10.5	7:35	6:08
3	10.5	7:36	6:08
4	10.5	7:37	6:08
5	10.5	7:38	6:08
6	10.5	7:38	6:09
7	10.5	7:39	6:09
8	10.5	7:39	6:09
9	10.5	7:40	6:09
10	10.5	7:41	6:09
11	10.5	7:41	6:10
12	10.5	7:42	6:10
13	10.5	7:43	6:10
14	10.5	7:43	6:11
15	10.5	7:44	6:11
16	10.5	7:44	6:11
17	10.4	7:45	6:12
18	10.4	7:45	6:12
19	10.4	7:46	6:13
20	10.4	7:46	6:13
21	10.4	7:47	6:13
22	10.4	7:47	6:14
23	10.4	7:48	6:14
24	10.4	7:48	6:15
25	10.4	7:49	6:15
26	10.4	7:49	6:16
27	10.4	7:50	6:16
28	10.5	7:50	6:17
29	10.5	7:50	6:18
30	10.5	7:51	6:18
31	10.5	7:51	6:19

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.46 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 4.46 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Santiago Papasquiaro

In seasonPeak

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

Santiago Papasquiaro's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Santiago Papasquiaro?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Santiago Papasquiaro for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santiago Papasquiaro in December

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

In December, Santiago Papasquiaro sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Santiago Papasquiaro in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santiago Papasquiaro peaks around May 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 6 (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)	6	9	11	14	14	14	14	13	12	9	7	6
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	14	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	7	High
Dec	6	High

Location & terrain

Where is Santiago Papasquiaro?

Santiago Papasquiaro sits at 25.0°N, 105.4°W, 1,728 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Victoria de Durango, 137 km away.

Topography around Santiago Papasquiaro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santiago Papasquiaro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 m around an average of 1,765 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,329 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,486 m.

The land around Santiago Papasquiaro is covered by grassland (49%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), shrubs (32%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and shrubs (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

217 m

grassland 49%

16 km

1,329 m

grassland 36%

80 km

2,486 m

trees 41%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Victoria de Durango 137 km · El Salto 141 km · Guadalupe Victoria 147 km · Pueblo Nuevo 185 km · La Cruz 194 km · Lerdo 198 km · Culiacán 201 km · Gómez Palacio 202 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 Santiago Papasquiaro (25.0439°, -105.4192°, elevation 1,728 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	18	2
2	18	2
3	18	2
4	18	2
5	18	2
6	18	2
7	18	2
8	18	2
9	17	2
10	17	2
11	17	1
12	17	1
13	17	1
14	17	1
15	17	1
16	17	1
17	17	1
18	17	1
19	17	1
20	17	1
21	17	1
22	16	1
23	16	1
24	16	1
25	16	0
26	16	0
27	16	0
28	16	0
29	16	0
30	16	0
31	16	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	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