Piste Weather in December
Piste in December
The short of it: Piste in December averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 31 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 10 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 17° · rain 31 mm · daylight 10 h 53 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Piste an average December high of 31°, a low of 17° and some 31 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 31 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 53 min in mid-December.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates December 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Piste runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Chichén-Itzá, 4 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
December in Piste, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- about the same, 22 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h