San Salvador de Jujuy weather in December

In December, San Salvador de Jujuy sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 305 mm of rain across 24.3 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of December to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is San Salvador de Jujuy's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Salvador de Jujuy's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 305 mm; 24.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 6:33 AM – 8:02 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 9th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

San Salvador de Jujuy is city in Argentina, capital of Jujuy Province.

Density: 10,319/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1593

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical December day in San Salvador de Jujuy reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	23	15
6	23	15
7	23	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	15
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	25	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16
31	25	16

San Salvador de Jujuy weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 16°	305	25.6	0	13.3	4.4
Feb	23° / 16°	288	23.7	0	12.8	4.3
Mar	22° / 15°	319	25.7	0	12.2	4.1
Apr	20° / 12°	256	22.1	0	11.5	4.4
May	17° / 10°	168	18.8	0.3	10.8	4.4
Jun	16° / 7°	79	12.7	0.6	10.5	4.8
Jul	16° / 6°	60	10.8	1.1	10.7	5.1
Aug	18° / 7°	68	11.3	0.5	11.2	6.1
Sep	20° / 9°	124	15.6	0.4	11.9	5.7
Oct	22° / 12°	245	22.5	0.1	12.6	4.9
Nov	23° / 14°	285	22.1	0	13.2	4.8
Dec	24° / 16°	305	24.3	0	13.5	4.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25
Cloudier (%)	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	71	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

San Salvador de Jujuy gets around 305 mm of rain over 24.3 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 79% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	79	79	78	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	81
13	81
14	80
15	80
16	79
17	79
18	78
19	77
20	77
21	76
22	76
23	76
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	77
29	77
30	77
31	78

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the humid band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 5% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	4	4	3
Comfortable (%)	44	44	44	43	42	42	41	40	39	38	37	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26
Humid (%)	37	38	39	40	41	42	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	55	56	56	57	59	58	59	60	60	61	62	61	62
Muggy (%)	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	17	44	37	2
2	16	44	38	2
3	15	44	39	2
4	14	43	40	3
5	14	42	41	3
6	13	42	42	3
7	13	41	44	3
8	12	40	45	3
9	12	39	46	3
10	11	38	47	4
11	11	37	48	4
12	10	37	49	4
13	9	36	50	5
14	9	35	51	5
15	9	34	52	5
16	8	33	53	6
17	8	32	54	6
18	8	31	55	6
19	8	30	55	7
20	8	29	56	7
21	8	29	56	7
22	8	28	57	7
23	7	27	59	7
24	7	27	58	8
25	6	27	59	8
26	6	26	60	8
27	6	26	60	8
28	5	26	61	8
29	4	26	62	8
30	4	26	61	9
31	3	26	62	9

Wind in December

Winds average 4 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of December to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 7:53 PM to 8:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40
Sunset (PM)	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:57	7:58	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:00	8:01	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:03	8:04	8:04	8:05	8:05	8:06	8:06	8:06	8:07	8:07	8:08	8:08	8:08	8:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.4	6:29	7:53
2	13.4	6:29	7:53
3	13.4	6:29	7:54
4	13.4	6:30	7:55
5	13.4	6:30	7:55
6	13.4	6:30	7:56
7	13.4	6:30	7:57
8	13.4	6:30	7:57
9	13.5	6:31	7:58
10	13.5	6:31	7:58
11	13.5	6:31	7:59
12	13.5	6:31	8:00
13	13.5	6:32	8:00
14	13.5	6:32	8:01
15	13.5	6:32	8:01
16	13.5	6:33	8:02
17	13.5	6:33	8:03
18	13.5	6:33	8:03
19	13.5	6:34	8:04
20	13.5	6:34	8:04
21	13.5	6:35	8:05
22	13.5	6:35	8:05
23	13.5	6:36	8:06
24	13.5	6:36	8:06
25	13.5	6:37	8:06
26	13.5	6:37	8:07
27	13.5	6:38	8:07
28	13.5	6:38	8:08
29	13.5	6:39	8:08
30	13.5	6:39	8:08
31	13.5	6:40	8:09

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.76 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.07 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in December across the year — December's 5.76 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit San Salvador de Jujuy?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit San Salvador de Jujuy for sightseeing.

What to pack for San Salvador de Jujuy in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, San Salvador de Jujuy sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in San Salvador de Jujuy in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Salvador de Jujuy peaks around January 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	15	14	9	7	6	6	8	10	12	14	16
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	16	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is San Salvador de Jujuy?

San Salvador de Jujuy sits at 24.2°S, 65.3°W, 1,217 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Palpalá, 11 km away.

Topography around San Salvador de Jujuy

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San Salvador de Jujuy.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Salvador de Jujuy has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m around an average of 1,283 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,112 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,484 m.

The land around San Salvador de Jujuy is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, trees (75%) within 16 km, and trees (45%), bare terrain (22%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

343 m

artificial surfaces 55%

16 km

1,112 m

trees 75%

80 km

5,484 m

trees 45%

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← November San Salvador de Jujuy year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Palpalá 11 km · San Pedro de Jujuy 44 km · General Güemes 59 km · San Lorenzo 64 km · Libertador General San Martín 66 km · Salta 69 km · San José de los Cerrillos 81 km · Rosario de Lerma 93 km

Argentina travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $14,898; 2025
Happiness: 6.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.5; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 575
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for San Salvador de Jujuy (-24.1928°, -65.2934°, elevation 1,217 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	23	15
6	23	15
7	23	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	15
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	25	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16
31	25	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	81
13	81
14	80
15	80
16	79
17	79
18	78
19	77
20	77
21	76
22	76
23	76
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	77
29	77
30	77
31	78

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	17	44	37	2
2	16	44	38	2
3	15	44	39	2
4	14	43	40	3
5	14	42	41	3
6	13	42	42	3
7	13	41	44	3
8	12	40	45	3
9	12	39	46	3
10	11	38	47	4
11	11	37	48	4
12	10	37	49	4
13	9	36	50	5
14	9	35	51	5
15	9	34	52	5
16	8	33	53	6
17	8	32	54	6
18	8	31	55	6
19	8	30	55	7
20	8	29	56	7
21	8	29	56	7
22	8	28	57	7
23	7	27	59	7
24	7	27	58	8
25	6	27	59	8
26	6	26	60	8
27	6	26	60	8
28	5	26	61	8
29	4	26	62	8
30	4	26	61	9
31	3	26	62	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	23	15
6	23	15
7	23	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	15
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	25	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16
31	25	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	81
13	81
14	80
15	80
16	79
17	79
18	78
19	77
20	77
21	76
22	76
23	76
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	77
29	77
30	77
31	78

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	17	44	37	2
2	16	44	38	2
3	15	44	39	2
4	14	43	40	3
5	14	42	41	3
6	13	42	42	3
7	13	41	44	3
8	12	40	45	3
9	12	39	46	3
10	11	38	47	4
11	11	37	48	4
12	10	37	49	4
13	9	36	50	5
14	9	35	51	5
15	9	34	52	5
16	8	33	53	6
17	8	32	54	6
18	8	31	55	6
19	8	30	55	7
20	8	29	56	7
21	8	29	56	7
22	8	28	57	7
23	7	27	59	7
24	7	27	58	8
25	6	27	59	8
26	6	26	60	8
27	6	26	60	8
28	5	26	61	8
29	4	26	62	8
30	4	26	61	9
31	3	26	62	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	23	15
6	23	15
7	23	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	15
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	25	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16
31	25	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	81
13	81
14	80
15	80
16	79
17	79
18	78
19	77
20	77
21	76
22	76
23	76
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	77
29	77
30	77
31	78

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	17	44	37	2
2	16	44	38	2
3	15	44	39	2
4	14	43	40	3
5	14	42	41	3
6	13	42	42	3
7	13	41	44	3
8	12	40	45	3
9	12	39	46	3
10	11	38	47	4
11	11	37	48	4
12	10	37	49	4
13	9	36	50	5
14	9	35	51	5
15	9	34	52	5
16	8	33	53	6
17	8	32	54	6
18	8	31	55	6
19	8	30	55	7
20	8	29	56	7
21	8	29	56	7
22	8	28	57	7
23	7	27	59	7
24	7	27	58	8
25	6	27	59	8
26	6	26	60	8
27	6	26	60	8
28	5	26	61	8
29	4	26	62	8
30	4	26	61	9
31	3	26	62	9