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Oaxaca in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Oaxaca is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 52°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 8 minutes.December in Oaxaca is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 11°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 8 minutes.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 5% of days
Daylight
11h 08mon average

Is December a good time to visit Oaxaca?

Yes. December is one of Oaxaca's best months (November to January).

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 79°F in December, against 78°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in December, against 26°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

5% of days in December, against 4% to 78% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in December, against 40% to 83% through the year.

Daylight

11h 08m in December, against 11h 08m to 13h 08m 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. November78°26°low 54°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December79°26°low 52°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January79°26°low 51°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Oaxaca sits, in December

America/Mexico City
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:48 AMsets 5:56 PM
Above the sea
1,540 mhigh country
Latitude
17.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Santa María Colotepec131 km south

The land around Oaxaca, 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 Oaxaca

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Oaxaca. 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 (1,540 m) against the climate model's (1,869 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 (1,540 m) against the climate model's (1,869 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.