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Compostela in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Compostela is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 67°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 53 minutes.December in Compostela is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 19°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 53 minutes.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 6% of days
Daylight
10h 53mon average

Is December a good time to visit Compostela?

Yes. December is one of Compostela's best months (December to March).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in December, against 83°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in December, against 28°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

6% of days in December, against 1% to 92% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in December, against 38% to 84% through the year.

Daylight

10h 53m in December, against 10h 53m to 13h 23m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November88°31°low 72°low 22°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December84°29°low 67°low 19°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January83°28°low 65°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Compostela sits, in December

America/Mazatlan
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:30 AMsets 5:22 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
21.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bahía de Banderas32 km south-west

The land around Compostela, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Mexico in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Compostela

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Compostela. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (159 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (159 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.