Climate averages 1991–2020
Pucallpa weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Pucallpa: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 289 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cruzeiro do Sul (223 km away). In December its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Pucallpa, with 243 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Pucallpa ranks 6th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 23rd of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 24.6°C; Pucallpa is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 289 mm to 302 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
Pucallpa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 302 | 25.6 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 313 | 23.5 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 350 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 257 | 22.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 158 | 19.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 98 | 14.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 28.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 82 | 11.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 99 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 148 | 15.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 226 | 21.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 276 | 23.6 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 289 | 25.5 | 12.613 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
- Cruzeiro do Sul in DecemberBrazil · 223 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 243 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in DecemberPeru · 253 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Huancayo in DecemberPeru · 416 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 214 mm rain
- Chimbote in DecemberPeru · 451 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Chosica in DecemberPeru · 461 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in DecemberPeru · 487 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Lima in DecemberPeru · 489 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Trujillo in DecemberPeru · 493 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 Pucallpa) is explained once on the Pucallpa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.