Climate averages 1991–2020
Huánuco weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 711 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 4.6°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
December is a warm month in Huánuco: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 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 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chosica (230 km away). In December its highs average 24.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Huánuco, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huánuco ranks 17th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 15th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 24.6°C; Huánuco is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 161 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
Huánuco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 161 | 26.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 178 | 25.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 156 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 81 | 18.3 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 48 | 13.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 23 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| July | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 11.612 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 23 | 6.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 35 | 10.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 69 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 96 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| December, selected | 23.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 138 | 25.1 | 12.713 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 · 230 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in DecemberPeru · 249 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Lima in DecemberPeru · 250 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Pucallpa in DecemberPeru · 253 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 289 mm rain
- Callao in DecemberPeru · 255 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Huancayo in DecemberPeru · 263 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 214 mm rain
- Chimbote in DecemberPeru · 275 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Trujillo in DecemberPeru · 367 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 9.0 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 Huánuco) is explained once on the Huánuco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.