Climate averages 1991–2020
Encarnación weather
in December.
A hot, 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 Encarnación: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Posadas (9 km away). In December its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Encarnación, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Paraguay, Encarnación ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 31.0°C; Encarnación is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 mm to 152 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
Encarnación climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 152 | 13.9 | 13.614 h |
| February | 30.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 146 | 13.8 | 13.013 h |
| March | 29.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 132 | 11.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 26.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 159 | 10.1 | 11.511 h |
| May | 22.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 154 | 9.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 20.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 131 | 8.9 | 10.410 h |
| July | 20.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 122 | 9.0 | 10.611 h |
| August | 22.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 89 | 7.7 | 11.211 h |
| September | 24.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 151 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 219 | 12.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 165 | 11.2 | 13.413 h |
| December, selected | 30.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 174 | 12.9 | 13.814 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
- Posadas in DecemberArgentina · 9 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Ituzaingó in DecemberArgentina · 86 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Santa Rosa, Brazil in DecemberBrazil · 149 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 160 mm rain
- Santo Ângelo in DecemberBrazil · 191 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Ijuí in DecemberBrazil · 225 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 178 mm rain
- Foz do Iguaçu in DecemberBrazil · 236 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 184 mm rain
- Ciudad del Este in DecemberParaguay · 237 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 189 mm rain
- Formosa, Argentina in DecemberArgentina · 262 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 162 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 Encarnación) is explained once on the Encarnación year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.