Uruapan weather in December

In December, Uruapan sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 27 mm of rain across 4.7 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. 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 54 min at the start of December to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Uruapan's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Uruapan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 27 mm; 4.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:19 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 5th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Uruapan is municipal seat of Uruapan, State of Michoacán, Mexico.

Founded: 1536

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 21°C through the month.

A typical December day in Uruapan reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Uruapan weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 7°	43	6.2	11	7.2
Feb	22° / 7°	40	5.2	11.3	7.8
Mar	23° / 8°	38	6	11.9	8.0
Apr	25° / 10°	32	7	12.4	7.6
May	25° / 12°	145	17.2	12.9	5.9
Jun	23° / 13°	280	26.2	13.1	4.2
Jul	23° / 13°	340	29.9	13.1	3.6
Aug	23° / 13°	335	29.7	12.7	3.6
Sep	22° / 13°	311	27.8	12.1	3.8
Oct	23° / 12°	166	19.7	11.6	5.2
Nov	22° / 9°	59	9.5	11.1	6.9
Dec	21° / 7°	27	4.7	10.9	7.5

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 18% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	76	76	75	74	74	74	72	72	71	71	69	69	69	68	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	64	64	64	64	65
Cloudier (%)	24	24	25	26	26	26	28	28	29	29	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Uruapan gets around 27 mm of rain over 4.7 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 16% and peaks near 17% 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 (%)	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15

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

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 (%)	98	99	99	99	99	99	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
Comfortable (%)	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of December to 10 h 48 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 7:11 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:17 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)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:26
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:11	6:05
2	10.9	7:11	6:06
3	10.9	7:12	6:06
4	10.9	7:12	6:06
5	10.9	7:13	6:06
6	10.9	7:14	6:06
7	10.9	7:14	6:07
8	10.9	7:15	6:07
9	10.9	7:15	6:07
10	10.9	7:16	6:07
11	10.9	7:17	6:08
12	10.8	7:17	6:08
13	10.8	7:18	6:08
14	10.8	7:18	6:09
15	10.8	7:19	6:09
16	10.8	7:19	6:09
17	10.8	7:20	6:10
18	10.8	7:20	6:10
19	10.8	7:21	6:11
20	10.8	7:21	6:11
21	10.8	7:22	6:12
22	10.8	7:22	6:12
23	10.8	7:23	6:13
24	10.8	7:23	6:13
25	10.8	7:24	6:14
26	10.8	7:24	6:14
27	10.8	7:25	6:15
28	10.8	7:25	6:15
29	10.8	7:25	6:16
30	10.8	7:26	6:16
31	10.8	7:26	6:17

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.68 kWh/m² to a high of 7.42 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 4.83 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)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Uruapan

In seasonPeak

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

Uruapan's monsoon runs June–October, 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 Uruapan?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Uruapan for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Uruapan in December

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

In December, Uruapan sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Uruapan 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 Uruapan peaks around June 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very 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)	9	11	14	14	14	14	12	13	12	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Uruapan in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Uruapan is worst in May — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (February, 13 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	13	15	31	32	17	16	15	16	15	15	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	31	Moderate
May	32	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Uruapan?

Uruapan sits at 19.4°N, 102.1°W, 1,647 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Paracho de Verduzco, 26 km away.

Topography around Uruapan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Uruapan has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 461 m around an average of 1,665 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,019 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,662 m.

The land around Uruapan is covered by artificial surfaces (60%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) within 80 km.

3 km

461 m

artificial surfaces 60%

16 km

2,019 m

trees 82%

80 km

3,662 m

trees 52%

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

December weather nearby: Paracho de Verduzco 26 km · Peribán de Ramos 39 km · Ario de Rosales 43 km · Nueva Italia de Ruiz 44 km · Los Reyes de Salgado 47 km · Apatzingán 48 km · Pátzcuaro 48 km · Zacapu 52 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 Uruapan (19.4168°, -102.0584°, elevation 1,647 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	21	8
2	21	8
3	21	8
4	21	8
5	21	8
6	21	7
7	21	7
8	21	7
9	21	7
10	21	7
11	21	7
12	21	7
13	21	7
14	21	7
15	21	7
16	21	7
17	21	7
18	21	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	20	7
26	20	7
27	20	7
28	20	7
29	20	7
30	20	7
31	20	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0