Climate averages 1991–2020
Huancayo weather
in December.
A cool, very 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 cool month in Huancayo: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 214 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chosica (164 km away). In December its highs average 24.1°C, 10.0°C warmer than Huancayo, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huancayo ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 20th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 24.6°C; Huancayo is 10.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 214 mm to 243 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
Huancayo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 243 | 29.5 | 12.713 h |
| February | 13.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 250 | 27.3 | 12.512 h |
| March | 13.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 222 | 30.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 13.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 113 | 24.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 13.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 53 | 15.7 | 11.612 h |
| June | 13.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 24 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| July | 13.2°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 24 | 8.1 | 11.511 h |
| August | 13.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 44 | 13.6 | 11.712 h |
| September | 13.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 90 | 23.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 14.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 147 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 14.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 153 | 26.4 | 12.713 h |
| December, selected | 14.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 214 | 28.4 | 12.813 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
- Chosica in DecemberPeru · 164 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in DecemberPeru · 180 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in DecemberPeru · 192 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Lima in DecemberPeru · 198 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Callao in DecemberPeru · 209 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Ica in DecemberPeru · 230 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in DecemberPeru · 263 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Abancay in DecemberPeru · 306 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 178 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 Huancayo) is explained once on the Huancayo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.