Climate averages 1991–2020
Zárate weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Zárate: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 23 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Campana (10 km away). In December its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Zárate, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Zárate ranks joint 37th of 67 for the warmest December highs and joint 43rd of 67 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 67 cities is 27.9°C; Zárate is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 95 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
Zárate climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 95 | 7.7 | 14.114 h |
| February | 27.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 110 | 8.7 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 108 | 7.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 103 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 70 | 5.8 | 10.410 h |
| June | 15.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 56 | 6.2 | 9.910 h |
| July | 14.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 59 | 5.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 69 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 75 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 131 | 9.3 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 103 | 7.7 | 13.914 h |
| December, selected | 28.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 104 | 8.7 | 14.414 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
- Campana in DecemberArgentina · 10 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Pilar in DecemberArgentina · 42 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 93 mm rain
- José C. Paz in DecemberArgentina · 52 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Luján in DecemberArgentina · 53 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 93 mm rain
- Don Torcuato in DecemberArgentina · 57 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 92 mm rain
- San Miguel, Argentina in DecemberArgentina · 57 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Bella Vista in DecemberArgentina · 61 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Moreno in DecemberArgentina · 64 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 87 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 Zárate) is explained once on the Zárate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.