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🇲🇽 Weather in Puerto Vallarta in December
This is what the weather in Puerto Vallarta (Jalisco, Mexico) was like in December over the years 2016–2025.
Key facts at a glance
Prevailing weather: Partly cloudy
Avg. daytime high
27.1 °C
25.4 °C – 29.0 °C
Avg. night-time low
16.0 °C
14.6 °C – 17.4 °C
Avg. rain days in period
2.4
8 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
24.9 mm
0.3 mm – 72.7 mm
Avg. cloud cover
51 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover is shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
26.5 °C
Sea temperature available for 2 of 10 years.
Extremes: Highest temperature 31.7 °C (14 Dec 2024) · Lowest temperature 10.1 °C (31 Dec 2020) · Avg. daily peak wind 14 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 80Sunny
- 136Partly cloudy
- 70Cloudy
- 14Light rain
- 10Rain
Summary
- On average 27.1 °C during the day and 16.0 °C at night.
- On average 2.4 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 24.9 mm of precipitation in total.
- In 2 of 10 years there was not a single rain day.
- The sea averaged 26.5 °C.
- Prevailing weather: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2024 (avg. 29.0 °C), coolest: 2018 (avg. 25.4 °C).
- Wettest year: 2016 (72.7 mm), driest: 2021 (0.3 mm).
- Extremes: 31.7 °C on 14 Dec 2024 and 10.1 °C on 31 Dec 2020.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Avg. daytime high: 2016 27°, 2017 27°, 2018 25°, 2019 27°, 2020 26°, 2021 28°, 2022 27°, 2023 27°, 2024 29°, 2025 28°. Avg. night-time low: 2016 16°, 2017 16°, 2018 15°, 2019 16°, 2020 15°, 2021 16°, 2022 16°, 2023 16°, 2024 17°, 2025 17°. Sea temperature: 2016 –, 2017 –, 2018 –, 2019 –, 2020 –, 2021 –, 2022 –, 2023 –, 2024 26°, 2025 27°.
Precipitation & rain days
Precipitation (mm): 2016 73, 2017 48, 2018 8, 2019 4, 2020 66, 2021 0, 2022 0, 2023 22, 2024 5, 2025 23.
Year by year
2025
Avg. max28.1°Avg. min17.4°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 22.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 60 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 27.1 °C
Max 31.1 °C · Min 14.0 °C
2024
Avg. max29.0°Avg. min16.6°- Rain days
- 2 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 4.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 43 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 26.0 °C
Max 31.7 °C · Min 13.4 °C
2023
Avg. max26.9°Avg. min16.3°- Rain days
- 5 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 21.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 67 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.6 °C · Min 11.3 °C
2022
Avg. max27.2°Avg. min15.6°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 0.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 46 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.2 °C · Min 12.1 °C
2021
Avg. max28.4°Avg. min16.3°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 0.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 37 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.5 °C · Min 14.3 °C
2020
Avg. max25.7°Avg. min15.3°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 66.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 53 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.5 °C · Min 10.1 °C
2019
Avg. max26.6°Avg. min15.7°- Rain days
- 1 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 4.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 40 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.8 °C · Min 13.4 °C
2018
Avg. max25.4°Avg. min14.6°- Rain days
- 1 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 7.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 52 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.2 °C · Min 10.7 °C
2017
Avg. max26.5°Avg. min15.9°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 48.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 71 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.7 °C · Min 11.1 °C
2016
Avg. max27.3°Avg. min16.1°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 72.7 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 47 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.7 °C · Min 11.7 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Puerto Vallarta in December?
- Daytime highs averaged 27.1 °C, night-time lows 16.0 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 31.7 °C (14 Dec 2024), the lowest 10.1 °C (31 Dec 2020).
- How often does it rain in Puerto Vallarta in December?
- On average there were 2.4 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 24.9 mm of precipitation in total. In 2 of 10 years there was no rain day at all.
- How warm is the sea in Puerto Vallarta in December?
- The sea temperature averaged 26.5 °C (open-sea point approx. 6 km from the town).
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. Snow depth is the model value for the grid cell, not the depth on the slopes. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Sea measuring point approx. 6 km from the location (20.610, -105.260)
- Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)