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The warmest places in North America in December: ranked by average high temperature

San Miguel tops the list at 34 °C in December. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in December: San Miguel (34 °C) , Managua (32 °C) , Dessalines (31 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 6.6 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 San Miguel El Salvador 34 °C 34 °C 22 °C 6 mm 1 337 h –
2 Managua Nicaragua 32 °C 32 °C 24 °C 7 mm 1 335 h –
3 Dessalines Haiti 31 °C 31 °C 21 °C 13 mm 3 321 h –
4 Windhoek Namibia 30 °C 30 °C 17 °C 60 mm 8 387 h –
5 Port-au-Prince Haiti 30 °C 30 °C 22 °C 33 mm 6 323 h 29 °C
6 Acapulco de Juárez Mexico 30 °C 30 °C 22 °C 10 mm 2 333 h 29 °C
7 Saint-Marc Haiti 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 12 mm 3 323 h 28 °C
8 Carrefour Haiti 30 °C 30 °C 21 °C 30 mm 6 324 h 29 °C
9 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 30 °C 30 °C 22 °C 11 mm 2 322 h 29 °C
10 Guantánamo Cuba 30 °C 30 °C 21 °C 25 mm 5 308 h –
11 San Salvador El Salvador 30 °C 30 °C 19 °C 8 mm 2 334 h –
12 Escuintla Guatemala 29 °C 29 °C 19 °C 27 mm 7 335 h –
13 Santa Ana El Salvador 29 °C 29 °C 19 °C 6 mm 1 333 h –
14 Tapachula Mexico 29 °C 29 °C 20 °C 43 mm 9 329 h –
15 Soyapango El Salvador 29 °C 29 °C 20 °C 7 mm 2 334 h –
16 Bayamo Cuba 29 °C 29 °C 20 °C 29 mm 6 303 h –
17 Manzanillo Mexico 29 °C 29 °C 21 °C 10 mm 1 308 h 28 °C
18 Campeche Mexico 29 °C 29 °C 21 °C 23 mm 4 298 h 25 °C
19 San Miguelito Panama 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 105 mm 16 316 h 28 °C
20 Mérida Mexico 29 °C 29 °C 20 °C 23 mm 4 292 h –
21 Santiago de Cuba Cuba 29 °C 29 °C 22 °C 25 mm 4 307 h 28 °C
22 Panama City Panama 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 105 mm 16 316 h 28 °C
23 La Romana Dominican Republic 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 24 mm 5 331 h 27 °C
24 San Pedro de Macorís Dominican Republic 28 °C 28 °C 23 °C 26 mm 6 330 h 28 °C
25 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 28 °C 28 °C 19 °C 23 mm 3 298 h 26 °C
26 Port-de-Paix Haiti 28 °C 28 °C 23 °C 36 mm 8 319 h 27 °C
27 San Juan Puerto Rico 28 °C 28 °C 22 °C 49 mm 13 329 h 27 °C
28 Kingston Jamaica 28 °C 28 °C 22 °C 47 mm 9 314 h 28 °C
29 Culiacán Mexico 28 °C 28 °C 13 °C 16 mm 2 291 h –
30 Las Tunas Cuba 28 °C 28 °C 21 °C 28 mm 6 295 h –
31 Camagüey Cuba 28 °C 28 °C 21 °C 20 mm 4 299 h –
32 Carolina Puerto Rico 28 °C 28 °C 22 °C 60 mm 16 329 h 27 °C
33 Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 83 mm 17 335 h 27 °C
34 Cienfuegos Cuba 28 °C 28 °C 21 °C 18 mm 3 307 h –
35 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 28 °C 28 °C 21 °C 42 mm 12 329 h 28 °C
36 Tuxtla Mexico 28 °C 28 °C 18 °C 13 mm 2 314 h –
37 Santiago de los Caballeros Dominican Republic 28 °C 28 °C 20 °C 46 mm 8 318 h –
38 Basse-Terre Guadeloupe 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 51 mm 14 324 h 28 °C
39 Holguín Cuba 28 °C 28 °C 21 °C 38 mm 8 299 h –
40 Castries Saint Lucia 27 °C 27 °C 24 °C 46 mm 13 332 h 28 °C
41 Kralendijk Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba 27 °C 27 °C 25 °C 78 mm 15 336 h 28 °C
42 Oranjestad Aruba 27 °C 27 °C 25 °C 66 mm 14 336 h 27 °C
43 Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27 °C 27 °C 26 °C 57 mm 12 333 h 28 °C
44 Fort-de-France Martinique 27 °C 27 °C 25 °C 65 mm 19 329 h 28 °C
45 Willemstad Curacao 27 °C 27 °C 25 °C 88 mm 18 336 h 28 °C
46 Bridgetown Barbados 27 °C 27 °C 25 °C 51 mm 12 332 h 28 °C
47 Villahermosa Mexico 27 °C 27 °C 20 °C 81 mm 11 276 h –
48 Ciudad del Carmen Mexico 27 °C 27 °C 22 °C 45 mm 7 298 h 25 °C
49 Saint George's Grenada 27 °C 27 °C 25 °C 79 mm 15 336 h 28 °C
50 Chetumal Mexico 27 °C 27 °C 21 °C 58 mm 13 304 h 27 °C

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. Nuuk -6.2 °C
  2. Anchorage -2.4 °C
  3. Saskatoon -0.4 °C
  4. Edmonton -0.3 °C
  5. Winnipeg 0.06 °C

Full ranking for November

January: top 5

  1. Winnipeg -11 °C
  2. Nuuk -11 °C
  3. Saskatoon -9.7 °C
  4. Regina -8.5 °C
  5. Edmonton -7.3 °C

Full ranking for January

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, 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 population.
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.