Zapala weather in December

In December, Zapala sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 14 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of December to 14 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Zapala's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zapala's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 14 mm; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 42 min; 6:15 AM – 8:58 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 8.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.5; out of 10

Zapala is city in Argentina.

Density: 70/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1913

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical December day in Zapala reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C warmer than November and about 2°C cooler than 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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11

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

How December really feels in Zapala

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Zapala weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 11°	11	2.3	0	14.4	8.2
Feb	26° / 11°	14	3	0	13.5	8.3
Mar	23° / 8°	20	3	0	12.3	8.3
Apr	17° / 4°	32	4.6	0	11	6.5
May	12° / 2°	45	6.9	0.7	9.9	3.6
Jun	8° / -1°	59	8.8	2.2	9.3	1.5
Jul	8° / -2°	44	6.9	2.7	9.6	1.4
Aug	10° / -1°	33	6.1	1.6	10.5	2.6
Sep	14° / 1°	24	4.7	1	11.7	4.5
Oct	18° / 4°	32	5	0.6	13	6.6
Nov	22° / 7°	19	3.1	0.1	14.1	8.1
Dec	25° / 9°	14	2.6	0	14.7	8.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	85	86	86	86	86
Cloudier (%)	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Zapala gets around 14 mm of rain over 2.6 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 8% and peaks near 11% 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 (%)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8

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

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 14 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of December to 14 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 8:46 PM to 9:04 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)	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23
Sunset (PM)	8:46	8:47	8:48	8:49	8:49	8:50	8:51	8:52	8:53	8:54	8:54	8:55	8:56	8:57	8:57	8:58	8:58	8:59	9:00	9:00	9:01	9:01	9:02	9:02	9:02	9:03	9:03	9:03	9:04	9:04	9:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.5	6:14	8:46
2	14.5	6:14	8:47
3	14.6	6:14	8:48
4	14.6	6:14	8:49
5	14.6	6:14	8:49
6	14.6	6:14	8:50
7	14.6	6:14	8:51
8	14.6	6:14	8:52
9	14.7	6:14	8:53
10	14.7	6:14	8:54
11	14.7	6:14	8:54
12	14.7	6:14	8:55
13	14.7	6:14	8:56
14	14.7	6:15	8:57
15	14.7	6:15	8:57
16	14.7	6:15	8:58
17	14.7	6:15	8:58
18	14.7	6:16	8:59
19	14.7	6:16	9:00
20	14.7	6:16	9:00
21	14.7	6:17	9:01
22	14.7	6:17	9:01
23	14.7	6:18	9:02
24	14.7	6:18	9:02
25	14.7	6:19	9:02
26	14.7	6:19	9:03
27	14.7	6:20	9:03
28	14.7	6:21	9:03
29	14.7	6:21	9:04
30	14.7	6:22	9:04
31	14.7	6:23	9:04

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 8.77 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.08 kWh/m² to a high of 8.77 kWh/m² in December across the year — December's 8.77 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)	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	8.5	Intense
2	8.5	Intense
3	8.5	Intense
4	8.6	Intense
5	8.6	Intense
6	8.6	Intense
7	8.6	Intense
8	8.6	Intense
9	8.7	Intense
10	8.7	Intense
11	8.7	Intense
12	8.7	Intense
13	8.7	Intense
14	8.8	Intense
15	8.8	Intense
16	8.8	Intense
17	8.8	Intense
18	8.8	Intense
19	8.8	Intense
20	8.9	Intense
21	8.9	Intense
22	8.9	Intense
23	8.9	Intense
24	8.9	Intense
25	8.9	Intense
26	8.9	Intense
27	8.9	Intense
28	8.9	Intense
29	8.9	Intense
30	8.9	Intense
31	8.9	Intense

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Zapala?

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

8.5

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.8

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Zapala for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Zapala in December

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

In December, Zapala sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Zapala in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zapala peaks around December 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	12	9	5	3	2	2	3	5	9	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Zapala?

Zapala sits at 38.9°S, 70.1°W, 1,019 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Cutral-Có, 72 km away.

Topography around Zapala

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Zapala.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zapala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 1,023 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 502 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,343 m.

The land around Zapala is covered by grassland (56%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (79%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

122 m

grassland 56%

16 km

502 m

grassland 79%

80 km

2,343 m

grassland 66%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← November Zapala year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Cutral-Có 72 km · Plottier 159 km · Centenario 168 km · Pucon 168 km · Cunco 170 km · Cinco Saltos 174 km · Neuquén 174 km · San Martín de los Andes 178 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 Zapala (-38.9006°, -70.0667°, elevation 1,019 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	24	8
2	24	8
3	24	8
4	24	9
5	24	9
6	24	9
7	24	9
8	24	9
9	25	9
10	25	9
11	25	9
12	25	9
13	25	9
14	25	9
15	25	9
16	25	9
17	26	10
18	26	10
19	26	10
20	26	10
21	26	10
22	26	10
23	26	10
24	26	10
25	27	10
26	27	10
27	27	10
28	27	10
29	27	10
30	27	11
31	27	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100