Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuenca weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Cuenca: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 172 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (124 km away). In December its highs average 28.7°C, 10.4°C warmer than Cuenca, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Cuenca ranks 8th of 9 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 9 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Cuenca is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 172 mm to 146 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
Cuenca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 146 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| February | 18.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 174 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 183 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 17.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 155 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 100 | 22.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 16.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 78 | 18.6 | 12.012 h |
| July | 16.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 74 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 16.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 54 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 18.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 127 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 174 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 18.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 172 | 24.6 | 12.312 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
- Eloy Alfaro in DecemberEcuador · 124 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Loja in DecemberEcuador · 124 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Tumbes in DecemberPeru · 177 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 34 mm rain
- La Libertad in DecemberEcuador · 225 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Portoviejo in DecemberEcuador · 261 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Sullana in DecemberPeru · 292 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in DecemberEcuador · 294 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 235 mm rain
- Piura in DecemberPeru · 314 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 21 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 Cuenca) is explained once on the Cuenca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.