Copacabana weather in December

In December, Copacabana sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 198 mm of precipitation across 25.2 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of December to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Copacabana's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Copacabana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 11th coldest
Precipitation: 198 mm; 25.2 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 6:04 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 7.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

Copacabana is Bolivian town on the shore of Lake Titicaca.

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 13°C through the month.

A typical December day in Copacabana reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Copacabana weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 8°	286	28.7	0.1	12.9	2.0
Feb	13° / 8°	261	25.6	0	12.5	2.0
Mar	13° / 8°	218	27.1	0.1	12.1	2.2
Apr	13° / 8°	90	16.9	0	11.6	3.0
May	13° / 7°	25	6.3	0	11.3	3.9
Jun	12° / 6°	12	2.9	0.1	11.1	4.0
Jul	12° / 6°	15	3.5	0.3	11.1	3.9
Aug	13° / 6°	16	4	0.5	11.5	4.2
Sep	13° / 7°	37	8.3	0.2	11.9	4.2
Oct	14° / 8°	70	13.7	0.6	12.4	3.8
Nov	14° / 9°	88	16.1	0	12.8	3.6
Dec	13° / 8°	198	25.2	0.1	12.9	2.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

	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 (%)	21	19	17	17	17	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8
Cloudier (%)	79	81	83	83	83	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	86	86	88	89	89	90	90	90	91	92	92	92	92	92

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	19	81
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	9	91
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Copacabana gets around 198 mm of rain and snow over 25.2 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 81% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	68	69	70	70	71	72	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	80	81	82	83	85	86	87	88	89	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	69
3	70
4	70
5	71
6	72
7	72
8	73
9	74
10	75
11	76
12	77
13	78
14	80
15	81
16	82
17	83
18	85
19	86
20	87
21	88
22	89
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

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 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of December to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:59 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 7:08 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)	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11
Sunset (PM)	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	5:59	6:53
2	12.9	5:59	6:53
3	12.9	6:00	6:54
4	12.9	6:00	6:55
5	12.9	6:00	6:55
6	12.9	6:00	6:56
7	12.9	6:01	6:56
8	12.9	6:01	6:57
9	12.9	6:01	6:57
10	12.9	6:02	6:58
11	12.9	6:02	6:59
12	12.9	6:02	6:59
13	12.9	6:03	7:00
14	13.0	6:03	7:00
15	13.0	6:03	7:01
16	13.0	6:04	7:01
17	13.0	6:04	7:02
18	13.0	6:05	7:02
19	13.0	6:05	7:03
20	13.0	6:05	7:03
21	13.0	6:06	7:04
22	13.0	6:06	7:04
23	13.0	6:07	7:05
24	13.0	6:07	7:05
25	13.0	6:08	7:06
26	13.0	6:08	7:06
27	13.0	6:09	7:06
28	13.0	6:09	7:07
29	13.0	6:10	7:07
30	13.0	6:10	7:08
31	12.9	6:11	7:08

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 7.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.39 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 kWh/m² in November across the year — December's 7.08 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8
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	7.5	Intense
2	7.5	Intense
3	7.5	Intense
4	7.4	Intense
5	7.4	Intense
6	7.4	Intense
7	7.3	Intense
8	7.3	Intense
9	7.3	Intense
10	7.3	Intense
11	7.2	Intense
12	7.2	Intense
13	7.2	Intense
14	7.2	Intense
15	7.1	Intense
16	7.1	Intense
17	7.1	Intense
18	7.0	Intense
19	7.0	Intense
20	7.0	Intense
21	7.0	Intense
22	6.9	Intense
23	6.9	Intense
24	6.9	Intense
25	6.8	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.8	Intense
30	6.8	Intense
31	6.8	Intense

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Copacabana

In seasonPeak

In December, Copacabana sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Copacabana's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Copacabana?

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

2.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Copacabana.

What to pack for Copacabana in December

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

In December, Copacabana sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Copacabana in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 17 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Copacabana peaks around February 8 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very 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)	19	19	16	14	11	9	9	12	14	16	17	17
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	19	Extreme
Feb	19	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	16	Extreme
Nov	17	Extreme
Dec	17	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Copacabana?

Copacabana sits at 16.2°S, 69.1°W, 0 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Isla del Sol, 17 km away.

Topography around Copacabana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Copacabana has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 544 m around an average of 3,932 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 719 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,996 m.

The land around Copacabana is covered by grassland (62%) and water (25%) within 3 km, water (58%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

544 m

grassland 62%

16 km

719 m

water 58%

80 km

4,996 m

grassland 56%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetland

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

December weather nearby: Isla del Sol 17 km · Tiahuanaco 60 km · Ilave 63 km · Sorata 64 km · Laja 85 km · Viacha 99 km · La Paz 106 km · Puno 107 km

Bolivia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 40% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,148; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 21.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 521
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 Copacabana (-16.1699°, -69.0792°, elevation 0 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	14	9
2	14	9
3	14	9
4	14	9
5	14	9
6	14	9
7	14	9
8	14	9
9	14	9
10	14	9
11	14	8
12	14	8
13	14	8
14	14	8
15	14	8
16	13	8
17	13	8
18	13	8
19	13	8
20	13	8
21	13	8
22	13	8
23	13	8
24	13	8
25	13	8
26	13	8
27	13	8
28	13	8
29	13	8
30	13	8
31	13	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	19	81
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	9	91
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	69
3	70
4	70
5	71
6	72
7	72
8	73
9	74
10	75
11	76
12	77
13	78
14	80
15	81
16	82
17	83
18	85
19	86
20	87
21	88
22	89
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	19	81
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	9	91
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	69
3	70
4	70
5	71
6	72
7	72
8	73
9	74
10	75
11	76
12	77
13	78
14	80
15	81
16	82
17	83
18	85
19	86
20	87
21	88
22	89
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	19	81
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	9	91
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	69
3	70
4	70
5	71
6	72
7	72
8	73
9	74
10	75
11	76
12	77
13	78
14	80
15	81
16	82
17	83
18	85
19	86
20	87
21	88
22	89
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	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