Climate averages 1991–2020

Cipolletti weather
in December.

A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.1°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 16.7°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 14 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Cipolletti · average highYear overview

December is a hot month in Cipolletti: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 50 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Neuquén (6 km away). In December its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Cipolletti, with 14 mm of rain.

Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Cipolletti ranks 12th of 67 for the warmest December highs and joint 2nd of 67 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 67 cities is 27.9°C; Cipolletti is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 12 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Cipolletti climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Cipolletti, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 31.8°C18.4°C18.4°C122.514.615 h
February 30.0°C17.3°C17.3°C172.713.614 h
March 26.6°C14.8°C14.8°C192.912.412 h
April 21.1°C10.4°C10.4°C223.411.111 h
May 16.2°C6.8°C6.8°C265.110.010 h
June 12.7°C3.8°C3.8°C214.59.59 h
July 12.2°C2.6°C2.6°C183.69.710 h
August 15.1°C4.2°C4.2°C122.910.611 h
September 18.5°C6.7°C6.7°C193.511.812 h
October 22.3°C10.0°C10.0°C303.713.113 h
November 26.7°C13.6°C13.6°C182.814.214 h
December, selected 30.1°C16.7°C16.7°C142.514.815 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

December in nearby cities

Distance from Cipolletti

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cipolletti) is explained once on the Cipolletti year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.

Neuquén lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.