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Places with the best weather in North America in December: ranked by comfort score

Tonalá tops the list at 97 /100 in December. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in December: Tonalá (97 /100) , Tlaquepaque (97 /100) , Comitán (96 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 6.1 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Tonalá Mexico 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 6 mm 1 310 h –
2 Tlaquepaque Mexico 97 /100 24 °C 11 °C 7 mm 1 310 h –
3 Comitán Mexico 96 /100 22 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 320 h –
4 Ciudad Victoria Mexico 96 /100 24 °C 13 °C 23 mm 4 284 h –
5 Torreón Mexico 96 /100 23 °C 9.4 °C 7 mm 2 291 h –
6 Hermosillo Mexico 96 /100 23 °C 9.5 °C 20 mm 2 287 h –
7 Cuernavaca Mexico 95 /100 24 °C 10.0 °C 6 mm 1 329 h –
8 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 95 /100 23 °C 9.1 °C 5 mm 1 313 h –
9 Mixco Guatemala 95 /100 23 °C 12 °C 7 mm 1 325 h –
10 León de los Aldama Mexico 95 /100 23 °C 8.9 °C 6 mm 1 316 h –
11 Uruapan Mexico 95 /100 23 °C 11 °C 25 mm 5 322 h –
12 Guatemala City Guatemala 95 /100 24 °C 13 °C 8 mm 2 325 h –
13 Morelia Mexico 95 /100 22 °C 9.3 °C 11 mm 2 323 h –
14 Ciudad Benito Juárez Mexico 95 /100 21 °C 11 °C 24 mm 5 264 h –
15 Ciudad Apodaca Mexico 95 /100 21 °C 10 °C 32 mm 5 270 h –
16 Monclova Mexico 95 /100 21 °C 9.1 °C 17 mm 3 265 h –
17 Santiago de Querétaro Mexico 95 /100 23 °C 9.1 °C 4 mm 1 319 h –
18 Tehuacán Mexico 95 /100 23 °C 10 °C 6 mm 1 329 h –
19 Oaxaca Mexico 94 /100 25 °C 11 °C 4 mm 1 327 h –
20 Jiutepec Mexico 94 /100 25 °C 11 °C 3 mm 1 330 h –
21 Irapuato Mexico 94 /100 24 °C 9.3 °C 4 mm 1 318 h –
22 Celaya Mexico 94 /100 24 °C 8.8 °C 4 mm 1 320 h –
23 La Paz Mexico 94 /100 24 °C 16 °C 9 mm 1 300 h 23 °C
24 Mexicali Mexico 94 /100 20 °C 9.1 °C 9 mm 1 275 h –
25 Nuevo Laredo Mexico 94 /100 22 °C 11 °C 29 mm 5 221 h –
26 Salamanca Mexico 94 /100 24 °C 9.5 °C 4 mm 1 320 h –
27 Orlando United States 94 /100 22 °C 13 °C 54 mm 5 250 h –
28 Jalapa Guatemala 94 /100 23 °C 14 °C 12 mm 3 315 h –
29 St. Petersburg United States 94 /100 21 °C 15 °C 53 mm 5 261 h 20 °C
30 Tampa United States 94 /100 22 °C 14 °C 56 mm 5 260 h –
31 Aguascalientes Mexico 93 /100 22 °C 7.9 °C 8 mm 1 309 h –
32 Puebla Mexico 93 /100 21 °C 8.0 °C 5 mm 1 330 h –
33 Ciudad Obregón Mexico 93 /100 26 °C 11 °C 16 mm 2 292 h –
34 Los Mochis Mexico 93 /100 26 °C 14 °C 12 mm 2 292 h 22 °C
35 Zamora de Hidalgo Mexico 93 /100 25 °C 9.6 °C 9 mm 2 317 h –
36 Xico Mexico 93 /100 21 °C 8.0 °C 11 mm 2 324 h –
37 Cape Coral United States 93 /100 24 °C 16 °C 39 mm 4 280 h 22 °C
38 Reynosa Mexico 92 /100 23 °C 13 °C 32 mm 5 233 h –
39 San Luis Río Colorado Mexico 92 /100 20 °C 8.0 °C 10 mm 2 276 h –
40 Cuautla Mexico 92 /100 26 °C 12 °C 3 mm 0 331 h –
41 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl Mexico 92 /100 21 °C 7.3 °C 6 mm 1 323 h –
42 Iztapalapa Mexico 92 /100 20 °C 7.6 °C 11 mm 2 323 h –
43 San Luis Potosí Mexico 92 /100 21 °C 7.6 °C 10 mm 2 297 h –
44 Villa Canales Guatemala 92 /100 25 °C 15 °C 13 mm 3 331 h –
45 San Cristóbal de las Casas Mexico 92 /100 20 °C 10 °C 19 mm 3 317 h –
46 San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida Mexico 91 /100 21 °C 6.7 °C 12 mm 3 325 h –
47 Ojo de Agua Mexico 91 /100 21 °C 6.6 °C 5 mm 1 321 h –
48 Tampico Mexico 91 /100 23 °C 18 °C 26 mm 5 247 h 24 °C
49 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 91 /100 26 °C 19 °C 10 mm 1 302 h 25 °C
50 Tepic Mexico 91 /100 25 °C 14 °C 32 mm 3 297 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

November: top 5

  1. Ensenada 98 /100
  2. Monclova 97 /100
  3. Pomona 97 /100
  4. Tonalá 97 /100
  5. Ontario 97 /100

Full ranking for November

January: top 5

  1. Comitán 97 /100
  2. Tonalá 97 /100
  3. Tlaquepaque 97 /100
  4. Mixco 96 /100
  5. Mexicali 96 /100

Full ranking for January

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in December, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in North America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.