Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad del Este weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd 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 Ciudad del Este: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Foz do Iguaçu (8 km away). In December its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Ciudad del Este, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Paraguay, Ciudad del Este ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 31.0°C; Ciudad del Este is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 189 mm to 159 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
Ciudad del Este climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 159 | 16.0 | 13.514 h |
| February | 30.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 160 | 14.8 | 13.013 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 146 | 12.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 27.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 142 | 9.4 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 161 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 136 | 9.3 | 10.611 h |
| July | 21.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 119 | 8.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 93 | 7.0 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 157 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 199 | 13.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 162 | 11.9 | 13.313 h |
| December, selected | 30.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 189 | 15.1 | 13.714 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
- Foz do Iguaçu in DecemberBrazil · 8 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 184 mm rain
- Toledo, Brazil in DecemberBrazil · 127 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 186 mm rain
- Cascavel in DecemberBrazil · 135 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 179 mm rain
- Francisco Beltrão in DecemberBrazil · 172 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Pato Branco in DecemberBrazil · 214 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Umuarama in DecemberBrazil · 235 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Encarnación in DecemberParaguay · 237 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Posadas in DecemberArgentina · 245 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 163 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 Ciudad del Este) is explained once on the Ciudad del Este year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.