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The driest places in North America in December: ranked by rainfall

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

Top three in December: Jiutepec (2.6 mm) , Cuautla (2.7 mm) , Oaxaca (3.5 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 9.7 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Jiutepec Mexico 2.6 mm 25 °C 11 °C 3 mm 1 330 h –
2 Cuautla Mexico 2.7 mm 26 °C 12 °C 3 mm 0 331 h –
3 Oaxaca Mexico 3.5 mm 25 °C 11 °C 4 mm 1 327 h –
4 Celaya Mexico 3.9 mm 24 °C 8.8 °C 4 mm 1 320 h –
5 Irapuato Mexico 4.1 mm 24 °C 9.3 °C 4 mm 1 318 h –
6 Santiago de Querétaro Mexico 4.1 mm 23 °C 9.1 °C 4 mm 1 319 h –
7 Salamanca Mexico 4.2 mm 24 °C 9.5 °C 4 mm 1 320 h –
8 Coacalco Mexico 4.6 mm 20 °C 6.5 °C 5 mm 1 321 h –
9 Ojo de Agua Mexico 4.7 mm 21 °C 6.6 °C 5 mm 1 321 h –
10 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 4.8 mm 23 °C 9.1 °C 5 mm 1 313 h –
11 Puebla Mexico 4.8 mm 21 °C 8.0 °C 5 mm 1 330 h –
12 Tehuacán Mexico 5.7 mm 23 °C 10 °C 6 mm 1 329 h –
13 San Miguel El Salvador 5.8 mm 34 °C 22 °C 6 mm 1 337 h –
14 León de los Aldama Mexico 5.8 mm 23 °C 8.9 °C 6 mm 1 316 h –
15 Cuernavaca Mexico 6.2 mm 24 °C 10.0 °C 6 mm 1 329 h –
16 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl Mexico 6.2 mm 21 °C 7.3 °C 6 mm 1 323 h –
17 Santa Ana El Salvador 6.2 mm 29 °C 19 °C 6 mm 1 333 h –
18 Tonalá Mexico 6.2 mm 23 °C 11 °C 6 mm 1 310 h –
19 Gustavo Adolfo Madero Mexico 6.3 mm 20 °C 6.7 °C 6 mm 1 322 h –
20 Torreón Mexico 6.5 mm 23 °C 9.4 °C 7 mm 2 291 h –
21 Managua Nicaragua 6.8 mm 32 °C 24 °C 7 mm 1 335 h –
22 Soyapango El Salvador 7.2 mm 29 °C 20 °C 7 mm 2 334 h –
23 Mixco Guatemala 7.2 mm 23 °C 12 °C 7 mm 1 325 h –
24 Tlaquepaque Mexico 7.3 mm 24 °C 11 °C 7 mm 1 310 h –
25 Pachuca de Soto Mexico 7.3 mm 19 °C 6.0 °C 7 mm 2 318 h –
26 San Salvador El Salvador 7.5 mm 30 °C 19 °C 8 mm 2 334 h –
27 Guatemala City Guatemala 7.6 mm 24 °C 13 °C 8 mm 2 325 h –
28 Aguascalientes Mexico 7.8 mm 22 °C 7.9 °C 8 mm 1 309 h –
29 La Paz Mexico 8.7 mm 24 °C 16 °C 9 mm 1 300 h 23 °C
30 Zamora de Hidalgo Mexico 8.8 mm 25 °C 9.6 °C 9 mm 2 317 h –
31 Guadalupe Mexico 9.2 mm 19 °C 5.9 °C 9 mm 2 305 h –
32 Mexicali Mexico 9.3 mm 20 °C 9.1 °C 9 mm 1 275 h –
33 Acapulco de Juárez Mexico 9.6 mm 30 °C 22 °C 10 mm 2 333 h 29 °C
34 Victoria de Durango Mexico 9.6 mm 21 °C 5.0 °C 10 mm 2 300 h –
35 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 9.6 mm 26 °C 19 °C 10 mm 1 302 h 25 °C
36 San Luis Río Colorado Mexico 9.9 mm 20 °C 8.0 °C 10 mm 2 276 h –
37 Chihuahua Mexico 10.0 mm 19 °C 4.1 °C 10 mm 2 290 h –
38 San Luis Potosí Mexico 10 mm 21 °C 7.6 °C 10 mm 2 297 h –
39 Manzanillo Mexico 10 mm 29 °C 21 °C 10 mm 1 308 h 28 °C
40 Mazatlán Mexico 10 mm 26 °C 17 °C 10 mm 1 296 h 25 °C
41 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 11 mm 30 °C 22 °C 11 mm 2 322 h 29 °C
42 Xico Mexico 11 mm 21 °C 8.0 °C 11 mm 2 324 h –
43 Tegucigalpa Honduras 11 mm 26 °C 17 °C 11 mm 3 328 h –
44 Comitán Mexico 11 mm 22 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 320 h –
45 Morelia Mexico 11 mm 22 °C 9.3 °C 11 mm 2 323 h –
46 Cuauhtémoc Mexico 12 mm 15 °C 1.5 °C 12 mm 2 290 h –
47 Los Mochis Mexico 12 mm 26 °C 14 °C 12 mm 2 292 h 22 °C
48 Jalapa Guatemala 12 mm 23 °C 14 °C 12 mm 3 315 h –
49 Saint-Marc Haiti 12 mm 30 °C 23 °C 12 mm 3 323 h 28 °C
50 San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida Mexico 12 mm 21 °C 6.7 °C 12 mm 3 325 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. Mexicali 4.2 mm
  2. San Luis Río Colorado 4.5 mm
  3. Torreón 7.9 mm
  4. Oaxaca 8.8 mm
  5. Las Vegas 9.5 mm

Full ranking for November

January: top 5

  1. San Miguel 1.3 mm
  2. Managua 1.8 mm
  3. Santa Ana 2.0 mm
  4. Soyapango 2.1 mm
  5. San Salvador 2.3 mm

Full ranking for January

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in December, lowest 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 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.