Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de la Sierra weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Santa Cruz de la Sierra: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montero (50 km away). In December its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranks joint 4th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 22.5°C; Santa Cruz de la Sierra is 6.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 165 mm to 172 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
Santa Cruz de la Sierra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 172 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 141 | 16.8 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 118 | 14.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 65 | 10.7 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 61 | 10.4 | 11.311 h |
| June | 23.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 53 | 8.9 | 11.111 h |
| July | 23.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 44 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| August | 26.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 44 | 5.3 | 11.512 h |
| September | 28.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 65 | 7.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 85 | 10.5 | 12.512 h |
| November | 29.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 118 | 13.1 | 12.913 h |
| December, selected | 29.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 165 | 17.8 | 13.213 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
- Montero in DecemberBolivia · 50 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 239 mm rain
- Sucre in DecemberBolivia · 260 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 152 mm rain
- Sacaba in DecemberBolivia · 306 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Cochabamba in DecemberBolivia · 319 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Quillacollo in DecemberBolivia · 331 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Potosí in DecemberBolivia · 337 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Trinidad in DecemberBolivia · 376 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 298 mm rain
- Oruro in DecemberBolivia · 414 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 105 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is explained once on the Santa Cruz de la Sierra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.