Climate averages 1991–2020
Neuquén 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.
December is a hot month in Neuquén: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 16.5°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 Cipolletti (6 km away). In December its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Neuquén, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Neuquén ranks joint 13th 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; Neuquén is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Neuquén climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 12 | 2.5 | 14.615 h |
| February | 29.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 17 | 2.7 | 13.614 h |
| March | 26.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 19 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| April | 20.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 22 | 3.4 | 11.111 h |
| May | 16.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 26 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
| June | 12.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 21 | 4.5 | 9.59 h |
| July | 11.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 18 | 3.6 | 9.710 h |
| August | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 12 | 2.9 | 10.611 h |
| September | 18.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 19 | 3.5 | 11.812 h |
| October | 22.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 30 | 3.7 | 13.113 h |
| November | 26.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 18 | 2.8 | 14.214 h |
| December, selected | 30.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 14 | 2.5 | 14.815 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
- Cipolletti in DecemberArgentina · 6 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 14 mm rain
- General Roca in DecemberArgentina · 42 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 16 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in DecemberArgentina · 369 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in DecemberChile · 383 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in DecemberChile · 394 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Temuco in DecemberChile · 394 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in DecemberChile · 410 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Santa Rosa, Argentina in DecemberArgentina · 421 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 85 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Neuquén) is explained once on the Neuquén year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Cipolletti lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.