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The driest places in North America in December

Jiutepec tops the list at 2.6 mm in December. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Rainfall
1 Jiutepec Mexico 2.6 mm 25 °C 3 mm
2 Cuautla Mexico 2.7 mm 26 °C 3 mm
3 Oaxaca Mexico 3.5 mm 25 °C 4 mm
4 Celaya Mexico 3.9 mm 24 °C 4 mm
5 Irapuato Mexico 4.1 mm 24 °C 4 mm
6 Santiago de Querétaro Mexico 4.1 mm 23 °C 4 mm
7 Salamanca Mexico 4.2 mm 24 °C 4 mm
8 Coacalco Mexico 4.6 mm 20 °C 5 mm
9 Ojo de Agua Mexico 4.7 mm 21 °C 5 mm
10 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 4.8 mm 23 °C 5 mm
11 Puebla Mexico 4.8 mm 21 °C 5 mm
12 Tehuacán Mexico 5.7 mm 23 °C 6 mm
13 San Miguel El Salvador 5.8 mm 34 °C 6 mm
14 León de los Aldama Mexico 5.8 mm 23 °C 6 mm
15 Cuernavaca Mexico 6.2 mm 24 °C 6 mm
16 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl Mexico 6.2 mm 21 °C 6 mm
17 Santa Ana El Salvador 6.2 mm 29 °C 6 mm
18 Tonalá Mexico 6.2 mm 23 °C 6 mm
19 Gustavo Adolfo Madero Mexico 6.3 mm 20 °C 6 mm
20 Torreón Mexico 6.5 mm 23 °C 7 mm
21 Managua Nicaragua 6.8 mm 32 °C 7 mm
22 Soyapango El Salvador 7.2 mm 29 °C 7 mm
23 Mixco Guatemala 7.2 mm 23 °C 7 mm
24 Tlaquepaque Mexico 7.3 mm 24 °C 7 mm
25 Pachuca de Soto Mexico 7.3 mm 19 °C 7 mm
26 San Salvador El Salvador 7.5 mm 30 °C 8 mm
27 Guatemala City Guatemala 7.6 mm 24 °C 8 mm
28 Aguascalientes Mexico 7.8 mm 22 °C 8 mm
29 La Paz Mexico 8.7 mm 24 °C 9 mm
30 Zamora de Hidalgo Mexico 8.8 mm 25 °C 9 mm
31 Guadalupe Mexico 9.2 mm 19 °C 9 mm
32 Mexicali Mexico 9.3 mm 20 °C 9 mm
33 Acapulco de Juárez Mexico 9.6 mm 30 °C 10 mm
34 Victoria de Durango Mexico 9.6 mm 21 °C 10 mm
35 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 9.6 mm 26 °C 10 mm
36 San Luis Río Colorado Mexico 9.9 mm 20 °C 10 mm
37 Chihuahua Mexico 10.0 mm 19 °C 10 mm
38 San Luis Potosí Mexico 10 mm 21 °C 10 mm
39 Manzanillo Mexico 10 mm 29 °C 10 mm
40 Mazatlán Mexico 10 mm 26 °C 10 mm
41 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 11 mm 30 °C 11 mm
42 Xico Mexico 11 mm 21 °C 11 mm
43 Tegucigalpa Honduras 11 mm 26 °C 11 mm
44 Comitán Mexico 11 mm 22 °C 11 mm
45 Morelia Mexico 11 mm 22 °C 11 mm
46 Cuauhtémoc Mexico 12 mm 15 °C 12 mm
47 Los Mochis Mexico 12 mm 26 °C 12 mm
48 Jalapa Guatemala 12 mm 23 °C 12 mm
49 Saint-Marc Haiti 12 mm 30 °C 12 mm
50 San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida Mexico 12 mm 21 °C 12 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.

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